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<A NAME="multiple-value-call"><I>Special Operator</I> <B>MULTIPLE-VALUE-CALL</B></A> <P>
<P><B>Syntax:</B><P>
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<B>multiple-value-call</B> <I><I>function-form</I> <I>form</I>*</I> =&gt; <I><I>result</I><B>*</B></I><P>
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<I>function-form</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#form"><I>form</I></A>; evaluated to produce <I>function</I>. <P>
<I>function</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#function_designator"><I>function designator</I></A> resulting from the evaluation of <I>function-form</I>. <P>
<I>form</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_f.htm#form"><I>form</I></A>. <P>
<I>results</I>---the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_v.htm#value"><I>values</I></A> returned by the <I>function</I>. <P>
<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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Applies <I>function</I> to a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_l.htm#list"><I>list</I></A> of the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_o.htm#object"><I>objects</I></A> collected from groups of <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_m.htm#multiple_values"><I>multiple values</I></A>[2]. <P>
<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="#multiple-value-call"><B>multiple-value-call</B></A> first evaluates the <I>function-form</I> to obtain <I>function</I>, and then evaluates each <I>form</I>. All the values of each <I>form</I> are gathered together (not just one value from each) and given as arguments to the <I>function</I>. <P>
<P><B>Examples:</B><P>
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(multiple-value-call #'list 1 '/ (values 2 3) '/ (values) '/ (floor 2.5))
=&gt; (1 / 2 3 / / 2 0.5)
(+ (floor 5 3) (floor 19 4)) == (+ 1 4)
=&gt; 5
(multiple-value-call #'+ (floor 5 3) (floor 19 4)) == (+ 1 2 4 3)
=&gt; 10
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<P><B>Affected By:</B> None.
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<P><B>Exceptional Situations:</B> None.
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<P><B>See Also:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="m_mult_1.htm#multiple-value-list"><B>multiple-value-list</B></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="m_multip.htm#multiple-value-bind"><B>multiple-value-bind</B></A> <P>
<P><B>Notes:</B> None.
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