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Re: setcdr question
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Pierre Lorenzon |
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Re: setcdr question |
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Tue, 02 Jul 2013 04:12:14 +0200 (CEST) |
From: drain <aeuster@gmail.com>
Subject: setcdr question
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:46:10 -0700 (PDT)
> (setq list '(Trevor Jason John Alex Max))
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> (setcdr (nthcdr (1- 4) list) 'Christina)
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> list
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> "list" is now set to:
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> (Trevor Jason John Alex . Christina)
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> Why is the dot there?
Because you should have issued :
(setcdr (nthcdr (1- 4) list) '(Christina))
See how lists are made from cons cell. The cdr should always
be a list itself or nil at the end.
Regards
Pierre
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