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Re: 'length' function for lists and cons cells?
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: 'length' function for lists and cons cells? |
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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:02:48 +0100 |
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:21:29 +0100 Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
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> which function could I use when I map an alist e.g. with dolist, that
> contains both types of associations as shown below: cons cells, or lists
> with 3 or more elements?
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> 'length' doesn't work on cons cells:
Since a cons cells always contains exactly two members (its car and its
cdr), why do you want to call a function to find its length?
Steve Berman