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RE: [External] : Non-matching string failing alist search


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: [External] : Non-matching string failing alist search
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:26:28 +0000

> What can I do in the case that the string passed
> to word does not exist in `alist-t1'?
> 
>     (add-to-list
>       'nscrip
>       (replace-regexp-in-string
>             word (cdr (assoc word alist-t1)) word))

Do nothing? (Depends what _you_ want to do.)

(let ((x (assoc word alist-t1)))
  (when x
    (add-to-list
      'nscrip
      (replace-regexp-in-string word (cdr x) word))))

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