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cdar, cddr


Type:   -   function (subr)
Source:   -   xllist.c

Syntax

(cdar expr)
(cddr expr)
expr - a list or list expression
returns - the result of the last cdr function

Description

The 'cdar' and 'cddr' functions go through the list expression and perform a sequence of car or cdr operations. The sequence of operations is performed from right to left. So 'cdar' does a car on the expression, followed by a cdr. If at any point the list is NIL, then NIL is returned. If at any point a car operation is performed on an atom [as opposed to a list] an error is signalled:

error: bad argument

Examples

(setq mylist '((1A 1B) (2A 2B) (3A 3B))) 

(caar mylist)  => 1A
(cadr mylist)  => (2A 2B)

(cdar mylist)  => (1B)
(cddr mylist)  => ((3A 3B))

(cdar 'a)      => error: bad argument
(cdar nil)     => NIL

Note: The 'c...r' functions are part of the historical Lisp functions. You may find it easier to work with the modern lisp functions like nth and nthcdr.

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