second

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

Syntax

(second expr)

expr - a list or list expression
returns - the second element of expr

Description

The 'second' function returns the second element of a list or list expression. If the list is NIL , NIL is returned.

Examples

(second '(1 2 3))              ; returns 2
(second NIL)                   ; returns NIL

(setq carol '(a b c))          ; set up variable CAROL
(first carol)                  ; returns A
(second carol)                 ; returns B
(rest carol)                   ; returns (B C)

(setq children '(amanda ben))  ; set up variable CHILDREN
(second children)              ; returns BEN

Note: This function is set to the same code as the cadr function.

See the second function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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