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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> rest (FUNCTION)</TITLE>
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<H1> rest (FUNCTION)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
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<tt> (rest <exp> )</tt>
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<b> Required arguments:</b>
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1
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<tt> <exp> </tt>: any Lisp expression which returns a list
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The argument expression must evaluate to a list; rest returns all but the first element of this list. If the list is empty, i.e. is nil, rest returns nil.
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<b> Examples:</b>
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<PRE>> (rest '(1 2 3))
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(2 3)
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> (rest '((a (b (c)) d) e (f)))
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(E (F))
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> (rest '(z))
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NIL
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> (rest ())
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NIL
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> (rest 'a)
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Error: A is not of type LIST
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</PRE>
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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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