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Is it possible to write a function with completion that act on region?

A mix of:

(defun function-style (style)
  (interactive
   (list
    (completing-read "Style: " styles-list)))
     ...

And

(defun function-style (beg end)
      (interactive "r")
       ....
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  • I don't understand the question. The two functions take different arguments. What data are you going to work with in the function? What does “completion that act on region” mean: do you want to complete the content of the region, to use the region as default argument when called interactively, something else?
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Jul 12, 2016 at 12:29
  • Please try to clarify the question, or it risks being closed as unclear.
    – Drew
    Commented Jul 12, 2016 at 14:51
  • I would like to write the function (defun my-function (beg end style) ....with completion for style
    – djangoliv
    Commented Jul 13, 2016 at 9:58
  • @djangoliv: I don't know what you mean by "completion for style". This said, my crystal ball tells me you probably don't want to create a new command but just write a new function to add to completion-at-point-functions.
    – Stefan
    Commented Jul 25, 2016 at 20:00
  • @stephan: As Tyler has understood, I wanted a solution for write the function my-function(beg end style) with list completion for style argument.
    – djangoliv
    Commented Jul 26, 2016 at 5:55

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You can use any elisp functions to generate the arguments for an interactive call. The code you use should return a list that matches the function arguments:

(defun my-function (beg end style)
  (interactive
   (let ((string (completing-read "Style: " styles-list)))
     (list (region-beginning) (region-end) string)))
  <function body> )

See the the manual node (elisp) Using Interactive for details.

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