List manipulation
functions
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Function
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Description
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(acad_strlsort lst)
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Sorts a
list of strings by alphabetical order
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(append lst ...)
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Takes any
number of lists and runs them together as one list
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(assoc item alist)
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Searches
an association list for an element and returns that association
list entry
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(car lst)
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Returns
the first element of a list
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(cdr lst)
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Returns
the specified list, except for the first element of the list
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(cons new-first-element lst)
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The basic
list constructor
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(foreach name lst [ expr ...])
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Evaluates
expressions for all members of a list
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(last lst)
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Returns
the last element in a list
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(length lst)
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Returns
an integer indicating the number of elements in a list
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(list [ expr ...])
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Takes any
number of expressions and combines them into one list
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(listp item)
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Verifies
that an item is a list
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(mapcar function list1 ... listn)
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Returns
a list of the result of executing a function with the individual
elements of a list or lists supplied as arguments to the function
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(member expr lst)
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Searches
a list for an occurrence of an expression and returns the remainder
of the list, starting with the first occurrence of the expression
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(nth n lst)
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Returns
the nth element of a list
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(reverse lst)
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Returns
a list with its elements reversed
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(subst newitem olditem lst)
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Searches
a list for an old item and returns a copy of the list with a new
item substituted in place of every occurrence of the old item
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(vl-consp list-variable)
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Determines
whether or not a list is nil
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(vl-every predicate-function list [ more-lists]...)
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Checks
whether the predicate is true for every element combination
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(vl-list* object [ more-objects]...)
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Constructs
and returns a list
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(vl-list->string char-codes-list)
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Combines
the characters associated with a list of integers into a string
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(vl-list-length list-or-cons-object)
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Calculates
list length of a true list
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(vl-member-if predicate-function
list)
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Determines
whether the predicate is true for one of the list members
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(vl-member-if-not predicate-function
list)
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Determines
whether the predicate is nil for one of the list members
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(vl-position symbol
list)
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Returns
the index of the specified list item
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(vl-remove element-to-remove list)
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Removes
elements from a list
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(vl-remove-if predicate-function list)
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Returns
all elements of the supplied list that fail the test function
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(vl-remove-if-not predicate-function list)
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Returns
all elements of the supplied list that pass the test function
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(vl-some predicate-function list [ more-lists]...)
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Checks
whether the predicate is not nil for one element combination
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(vl-sort list less?-function)
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Sorts the
elements in a list according to a given compare function
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(vl-sort-i list less?-function)
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Sorts the
elements in a list according to a given compare function, and returns
the element index numbers
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(vl-string->list string)
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Converts a string into a list
of character codes
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