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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> first (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="node96.html"> if (SPECIAL FORM)</A>
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<B>Up:</B>
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<A HREF="node72.html"> Appendix: Selected Lisp </A>
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<B> Previous:</B>
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<A HREF="node94.html"> evenpoddp (PREDICATES)</A>
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<H1> first (FUNCTION)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
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<tt> (first <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; first returns the first element of this list. If the list is empty, i.e. is nil, first returns nil.
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<b> Examples:</b>
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<PRE>> (first '(1 2 3))
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1
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> (first '((a (b (c)) d) e (f)))
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(A (B (C)) D)
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> (first ())
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NIL
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> (first '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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