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10 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
11 \section{Conses}
12 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
14 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
15 \subsection{Predicates}
16 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
17 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
19 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{CONSP} \VAR{ foo})\\
20 (\FU*{LISTP} \VAR{ foo})}{.}}
22 Return \retval{\T} if \VAR{foo} is of indicated type.
25 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{ENDP} \VAR{ list})\\
26 (\FU*{NULL} \VAR{ foo})}{.}\qquad\qquad}
28 Return \retval{\T} if \VAR{list}/\VAR{foo} is \NIL.
31 \IT{(\FU*{ATOM} \VAR{foo})\qquad\qquad}
32 {Return \retval{\T} if \VAR{foo} is not a
33 \kwd{cons}.
36 \IT{(\FU*{TAILP} \VAR{foo} \VAR{list})}
38 Return \retval{\T} if \VAR{foo} is a tail of \VAR{list}.
41 \IT{(\FU*{MEMBER} \VAR{foo} \VAR{list}
42 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
43 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
44 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
45 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
47 Return \retval{tail of \VAR{list}} starting with
48 its first element matching \VAR{foo}. Return \retval{\NIL} if
49 there is no such element.
52 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{MEMBER-IF}\\
53 \FU*{MEMBER-IF-NOT}}{\}}
54 \VAR{test} \VAR{list}
55 \Op{\kwd{:key} \VAR{function}})}
57 Return \retval{tail of \VAR{list}} starting with
58 its first element satisfying \VAR{test}. Return \retval{\NIL} if
59 there is no such element.
62 \IT{(\FU*{SUBSETP} \VAR{list-a} \VAR{list-b}
63 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
64 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
65 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
66 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
68 Return \retval{\T} if \VAR{list-a} is a subset of
69 \VAR{list-b}.
72 \end{LIST}
75 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
76 \subsection{Lists}
77 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
78 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
80 \IT{(\FU*{CONS} \VAR{foo} \VAR{bar})}
82 Return new cons \retval{(\VAR{foo} \kwd {.} \VAR{bar})}.
85 \IT{(\FU*{LIST} \OPn{\VAR{foo}})}
86 {Return \retval{list of \VAR{foo}s}.
89 \IT{(\FU*{LIST\A} \RP{\VAR{foo}})}
90 {Return \retval{list of \VAR{foo}s}
91 with last \VAR{foo} becoming cdr of last cons. Return
92 \retval{\VAR{foo}} if only one \VAR{foo} given.
95 \IT{(\FU*{MAKE-LIST} \VAR{num} \Op{\kwd{:initial-element}
96 \VAR{foo}\DF{\NIL}})}
98 New \retval{list} with \VAR{num} elements set to \VAR{foo}.
101 \IT{(\FU*{LIST-LENGTH} \VAR{list})}
102 {\retval{Length} of \VAR{list};
103 \retval{\NIL} for circular \VAR{list}.
106 \IT{(\FU*{CAR} \VAR{list})\qquad\qquad}
108 \retval{car of \VAR{list}} or \retval{\NIL} if \VAR{list} is
109 \NIL. \kwd{SETF}able.
112 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{CDR} \VAR{ list})\qquad\\
113 (\FU*{REST} \VAR{ list})}{.}}
115 \retval{cdr of \VAR{list}} or \retval{\NIL} if \VAR{list}
116 is \NIL. \kwd{SETF}able.
119 \IT{(\FU*{NTHCDR} \VAR{n list})}
120 {Return \retval{tail of \VAR{list}} after calling \FU{cdr} \VAR{n} times.
123 \IT{(\Goo{\FU*{FIRST}\XOR\FU*{SECOND}\XOR\FU*{THIRD}\XOR\FU*{FOURTH}\XOR\FU*{FIFTH}\XOR\FU*{SIXTH}\XOR\dots\XOR\FU*{NINTH}\XOR\FU*{TENTH}}
124 \VAR{list})}
126 \index{SEVENTH}%
127 \index{EIGHTH}%
128 Return \retval{nth element of \VAR{list}} if any,
129 or \retval{\NIL} otherwise. \kwd{SETF}able.
132 \IT{(\FU*{NTH} \VAR{n list})}
133 {Return zero-indexed \retval{\VAR{n}th element} of \VAR{list}. \kwd{setf}able.
136 \IT{(\FU{C}\VAR{X}\kwd{R} \VAR{list})}
138 \index{CAAR}%
139 \index{CADR}%
140 \index{CDAR}%
141 \index{CDDR}%
142 With \VAR{X} being one to four
143 \kwd{a}s and \kwd{d}s representing \FU{CAR}s and \FU{CDR}s, e.g.
144 (\FU{CADR} \VAR{bar}) is equivalent to (\FU{CAR} (\FU{CDR}
145 \VAR{bar})).
146 \kwd{SETF}able.
149 \IT{(\FU*{LAST} \VAR{list} \Op{\VAR{num}\DF{\LIT{1}}})}
151 Return list of \retval{last \VAR{num}
152 conses} of \VAR{list}.
155 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{BUTLAST } \VAR{list}\\
156 \FU*{NBUTLAST } \DES{\VAR{list}}}{\}}
157 \Op{\VAR{num}\DF{\LIT{1}}})}
159 Return \retval{\VAR{list}} excluding last \VAR{num}
160 conses.
163 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{RPLACA}\\
164 \FU*{RPLACD}}{\}} \DES{\VAR{cons}} \VAR{object})}
166 Replace car, or cdr, respectively, of \retval{\VAR{cons}} with \VAR{object}.
169 \IT{(\FU*{LDIFF} \VAR{list} \VAR{foo})}
171 If \VAR{foo} is a tail of \VAR{list}, return \retval{preceding
172 part of \VAR{list}}. Otherwise return \retval{\VAR{list}}.
175 \IT{(\FU*{ADJOIN} \VAR{foo} \VAR{list}
176 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
177 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
178 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
179 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
180 {Return \retval{\VAR{list}} if \VAR{foo} is
181 already member of \VAR{list}. If not, return \retval{(\FU{CONS}
182 \VAR{foo} \VAR{list})}.
185 \IT{(\MC*{POP} \DES{\VAR{place}})}
187 Set \VAR{place} to (\FU{CDR} \VAR{place}), return
188 \retval{(\FU{CAR} \VAR{place})}.
191 \IT{(\MC*{PUSH} \VAR{foo} \DES{\VAR{place}})}
192 {Set \VAR{place} to
193 \retval{(\FU{cons} \VAR{foo} \VAR{place})}.
196 \IT{(\MC*{PUSHNEW} \VAR{foo} \DES{\VAR{place}}
197 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
198 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
199 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
200 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
201 {Set \VAR{place} to
202 \retval{(\FU{adjoin} \VAR{foo} \VAR{place})}.
205 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{APPEND } \Op{\OPn{\VAR{list}} \VAR{ foo}})\\
206 (\FU*{NCONC } \Op{\OPn{\DES{\VAR{list}}} \VAR{ foo}})}{.}}
208 Return \retval{concatenated list}. \VAR{foo} can be of any type.
211 \IT{\arrGOO{(\FU*{REVAPPEND} \VAR{ list} \VAR{ foo})\\
212 (\FU*{NRECONC }
213 \DES{\VAR{list}} \VAR{ foo})}{.}}
215 Return \retval{concatenated list} after reversing order in
216 \VAR{list}.
219 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{MAPCAR}\\
220 \FU*{MAPLIST}}{\}} \VAR{function} \RP{\VAR{list}})}
222 Return \retval{list of return values} of \VAR{function} successively
223 invoked with corresponding arguments, either cars or cdrs, respectively,
224 from each \VAR{list}.
227 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{MAPCAN}\\
228 \FU*{MAPCON}}{\}} \VAR{function} \RP{\VAR{list}})}
230 Return list of
231 \retval{concatenated return values} of
232 \VAR{function} successively invoked with corresponding arguments,
233 either cars or cdrs, respectively,
234 from each \VAR{list}. \VAR{function} should return a list.
237 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{MAPC}\\
238 \FU*{MAPL}}{\}} \VAR{function} \RP{\VAR{list}})}
240 Return \retval{first \VAR{list}} after successively applying
241 \VAR{function} to corresponding arguments, either cars or cdrs,
242 respectively, from each \VAR{list}. \VAR{function} should have some side
243 effects.
246 \IT{(\FU*{COPY-LIST} \VAR{list})}
248 Return \retval{copy} of \VAR{list} with shared elements.
251 \end{LIST}
254 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
255 \subsection{Association Lists}
256 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
257 \label{section:Association Lists}
258 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
260 \IT{(\FU*{PAIRLIS} \VAR{keys} \VAR{values} \Op{\VAR{alist}\DF{\NIL}})}
262 Prepend to \retval{\VAR{alist}} an association list made from lists \VAR{keys} and \VAR{values}.
265 \IT{(\FU*{ACONS} \VAR{key} \VAR{value} \VAR{alist})}
267 Return \retval{\VAR{alist}} with a (\VAR{key} \kwd{.} \VAR{value}) pair added.
270 \IT{\arrGOO{(\xorGOO{\FU*{ASSOC}\\
271 \FU*{RASSOC}}{\}}
272 \VAR{ foo} \VAR{ alist }
273 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
274 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ test}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
275 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ test}}{.}\\
276 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}
277 }{\}})\\
278 (\xorGOO{\FU*{ASSOC-IF}\Op{\kwd{-NOT}}\\
279 \FU*{RASSOC-IF}\Op{\kwd{-NOT}}}{\}} \VAR{ test} \VAR{ alist }
280 \Op{\kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}})}{.}}
282 \index{ASSOC-IF-NOT}\index{RASSOC-IF-NOT}%
283 First \retval{cons} whose car, or cdr, respectively, satisfies \VAR{test}.
286 \IT{(\FU*{COPY-ALIST} \VAR{alist})}
288 Return \retval{copy} of \VAR{alist}.
291 \end{LIST}
294 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
295 \subsection{Trees}
296 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
297 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
299 \IT{(\FU*{TREE-EQUAL} \VAR{foo} \VAR{bar}
300 \xorGOO{\kwd{:test} \VAR{ test}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
301 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ test}}{\}})}
303 Return \retval{\T} if trees \VAR{foo} and \VAR{bar} have same
304 shape and leaves satisfying \VAR{test}.
307 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{SUBST} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ old } \VAR{tree}\\
308 \FU*{NSUBST} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ old } \DES{\VAR{tree}}}{\}}
309 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
310 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
311 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
312 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}%
313 }{\}})}
315 Make \retval{copy of
316 \VAR{tree}} with each subtree or leaf matching \VAR{old} replaced by
317 \VAR{new}.
320 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU{SUBST-IF\Op{-NOT}} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ test } \VAR{tree}\\
321 \FU{NSUBST-IF\Op{-NOT}} \VAR{ new} \VAR{ test } \DES{\VAR{tree}}}{\}}
322 \Op{\kwd{:key} \VAR{function}})}
324 \index{SUBST-IF}%
325 \index{SUBST-IF-NOT}%
326 \index{NSUBST-IF}%
327 \index{NSUBST-IF-NOT}%
328 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{tree}} with each subtree or leaf
329 satisfying \VAR{test} replaced by \VAR{new}.
332 \IT{(\xorGOO{\FU*{SUBLIS} \VAR{ association-list } \VAR{tree} \\
333 \FU*{NSUBLIS} \VAR{ association-list } \DES{\VAR{tree}} }{\}}
334 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
335 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
336 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
337 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}%
338 }{\}})}
340 Make \retval{copy of \VAR{tree}} with each subtree or leaf matching
341 a key in \VAR{association-list} replaced by that key's value.
344 \IT{(\FU*{COPY-TREE} \VAR{tree})}
346 \retval{Copy of \VAR{tree}} with same shape and leaves.
349 \end{LIST}
352 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
353 \subsection{Sets}
354 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
355 \begin{LIST}{1cm}
357 \IT{(\xorGOO{%
358 \arrGOO{%
359 \FU*{INTERSECTION}\\
360 \FU*{SET-DIFFERENCE}\\
361 \FU*{UNION}\\
362 \FU*{SET-EXCLUSIVE-OR}%
363 }{\}} \VAR{ a} \VAR{ b}\\
364 \arrGOO{%
365 \FU*{NINTERSECTION}\\
366 \FU*{NSET-DIFFERENCE}%
367 }{\}} \text{ }\DES{\VAR{a}}\text{ } \VAR{b}\\
368 \arrGOO{%
369 \FU*{NUNION}\\
370 \FU*{NSET-EXCLUSIVE-OR}%
371 }{\}} \text{ }\DES{\VAR{a}}\text{ } \DES{\VAR{b}}\text{ }
372 }{\}}
373 \orGOO{\xorGOO{%
374 \kwd{:test} \VAR{ function}\DF{\kwd{\#'eql}}\\
375 \kwd{:test-not} \VAR{ function}}{.}\\
376 \kwd{:key} \VAR{ function}}{\}})}
378 Return \retval{$a\cap b$}, \retval{$a\setminus b$}, \retval{$a\cup b$}, or
379 \retval{$a\,\triangle\, b$}, respectively, of lists \VAR{a} and \VAR{b}.
382 \end{LIST}
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