; The following program is sample output from the LISP Generator (more info at www.LispGen.com). 
; The LISP Generator is a full-featured code generator for Autocad's AuotLISP language.
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; - This sample program is intended as a demonstration only.
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; Everything that follows is direct and unaltered output from the LISP Generator.

; This program was created on October 24 2006 using the LISP Generator.

; Define the function (the program). 
(defun c:GEAR ( / PT1 RAD1 CIRCUM NUM1 XSCALE LEN1 ANG1 I ROT1 PT2 OLDCE OLDERR OLDTE)
  ; Save the current value of cmdecho then redefine it. 
  (setq OLDCE (getvar "cmdecho"))
  (setvar "cmdecho" 1)
  ; Save the current value of texteval then set it to 1
  (setq OLDTE (getvar "texteval"))
  (setvar "texteval" 1)
  ; Save the current value of the error handling subroutine then redefine it. 
  (setq OLDERR *error*)
  (defun *error* (errmes)
    (princ (strcat "\nExecution of GEAR halted by the following error: " ERRMES))
    (setvar "cmdecho" OLDCE)
    (setq *error* OLDERR)
    (prin1)
  )
  ;(setq *error* nil)
  ; NOTE: to turn error handling off, erase the semicolon in the line above. 

  ; GET a POINT from the user and store it in PT1. 
  (setq PT1 (getpoint "\ncenter point: "))

  ; GET a DIST from the user and store it in RAD1. 
  (setq RAD1 (getdist "\nradius: "))

  ; assign result of MATH calculation to CIRCUM. 
  (setq CIRCUM (* (* 2 PI) RAD1))

  ; GET a INT from the user and store it in NUM1. 
  (setq NUM1 (getint "\nnumber of gears: "))

  ; assign result of MATH calculation to XSCALE. 
  (setq XSCALE (/ (/ CIRCUM NUM1) 2))

  ; GET a DIST from the user and store it in LEN1. 
  (setq LEN1 (getdist "\nlength of tooth: "))

  ; ASSIGN a value to ANG1. 
  (setq ANG1 0)

  ; BEGIN LOOP loop1.
  ; LOOP NUM1 times. 
  (setq I -1)
  (repeat NUM1
    (setq I (1+ I))

    ; assign result of MATH calculation to ANG1. 
    (setq ANG1 (/ (* I 360.0) NUM1))

    ; assign result of MATH calculation to ROT1. 
    (setq ROT1 (+ ANG1 270.0))

    ; OPERATION - store the result in PT2.  
    (setq PT2 (POLAR PT1 (/ (* ANG1 PI) 180.0) RAD1))

    ; Input to AutoCAD's command line. 
    (command
      "insert"
      "tooth"
      PT2
      XSCALE
      LEN1
      ROT1
    )

  ) ; END LOOP loop1.
  ; Reset "cmdecho" to previous value. 
  (setvar "cmdecho" OLDCE)
  ; Reset "texteval" to previous value. 
  (setvar "texteval" OLDTE)
  ; Reset *error* to previous definition. 
  (setq *error* OLDERR)
  ; Exit quietly (no return value.)
  (prin1)
)