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<H1> length (FUNCTION)</H1>
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<b> Format:</b>
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<tt> (length <exp> )</tt>
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<b> Required arguments:</b>
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1
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<tt> <exp> </tt> must evaluate to a sequence (e.g. list, array, vector, string)
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Returns the length of the given sequence.
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<b> Examples:</b>
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<PRE>> (length '(1 2 3 4 5))
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5
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> (length "1 2 3 4 5")
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9
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> (length (make-array 3))
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3
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> (length nil)
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0
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<I>© Colin Allen & Maneesh Dhagat <BR>
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March 2007 </I>
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