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From: reingold@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Need read-number function
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Date: 8 Feb 90 01:31:13 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!reingold    Feb  7 07:55:00 1990


I need a function read-number that would behave like (interactive "n");
that is, it would keep trying until a numeric value was typed.

Any suggestions?