cons

Type:	-	function (subr)
Source:	-	xllist.c

Syntax

(cons expr-car expr-cdr)

expr-car - an expression
expr-cdr - an expression
returns - the new list

Description

The 'cons' function takes two expressions and constructs a new list from them. If the 'expr-cdr' is not a list, then the result will be a 'dotted-pair'.

Examples

(cons 'a 'b)           ; returns (A . B)
(cons 'a nil)          ; returns (A)
(cons 'a '(b))         ; returns (A B)
(cons '(a b) '(c d))   ; returns ((A B) C D)
(cons '(a b) 'c)       ; returns ((A B) . C)
(cons (- 4 3) '(2 3))  ; returns (1 2 3)

See the cons function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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