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<!Originally converted to HTML using LaTeX2HTML 95 (Thu Jan 19 1995) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds >
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<TITLE> second, third, etc. (FUNCTIONS)</TITLE>
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<A HREF="lp.html"><B>Contents</B></A>
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<B> Next:</B>
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<A HREF="node113.html"> setf (MACRO)</A>
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<A HREF="node72.html"> Appendix: Selected Lisp </A>
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<A HREF="node111.html"> reverse (FUNCTION)</A>
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<H1> second, third, etc. (FUNCTIONS)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
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<tt> (second <list> )</tt>
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<tt> (third <list> )</tt>
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etc.
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<b> Required arguments:</b>
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1
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The argument must evaluate to a list
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These functions return the obvious element from the given list, or nil if the list is shorter than the selected element would require.
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<b> Examples:</b>
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<PRE>> (second '(1 2 3 4))
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2
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> (fourth '(1 2 3 4))
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4
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> (ninth '(1 2 3 4))
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NIL
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<ADDRESS>
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<I>© Colin Allen & Maneesh Dhagat <BR>
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March 2007 </I>
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