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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> apply (FUNCTION)</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="node82.html"> atom (PREDICATE)</A>
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<A HREF="node72.html"> Appendix: Selected Lisp </A>
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<A HREF="node80.html"> append (FUNCTION)</A>
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<H1> apply (FUNCTION)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
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<tt> (apply <func> <list> )</tt>
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<tt> (apply <func> <exp1> ... <expn> <list> )</tt>
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<b> Required arguments:</b>
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2
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<tt> <func> </tt> must name a function or predicate (usually quoted); the last argument must be a list.
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<b> Optional arguments:</b>
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arbitrary
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Intermediate argument expressions must evaluate to items of the correct type to which <tt> <func> </tt> can be applied
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<b> Examples:</b>
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<PRE>> (apply '+ '(1 2 3 4))
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10
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> (apply '+ 1 2 '(3 4))
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10
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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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