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<H1> numberp (PREDICATE)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
<tt> (numberp &lt;exp&gt; )</tt>
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<b> Required arguments:</b>
1
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<tt> &lt;exp&gt; </tt>: any Lisp expression
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The predicate numberp returns T if <tt> &lt;exp&gt; </tt> evaluates to a number (i.e. an object of type integer, ratio, float, or complex); numberp returns
NIL otherwise.
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<PRE>&gt; (numberp 1/2)
T
&gt; (numberp 1235439)
T
&gt; (numberp (/ 5 1.23))
T
&gt; (numberp #C(1.2 -0.9))
T
&gt; (numberp '(+ 1 2 3))
NIL
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<I>&#169; Colin Allen &amp; Maneesh Dhagat <BR>
March 2007 </I>
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