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Primitives |
Arguments |
Use |
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word |
a b |
Concatenates the two words a and b. Eg: pr word "a
1 returns a1 |
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list |
a b |
Returns a list composed of a and b. For example, list 3 6
returns [3 6]. list ``a ``list returns [a
list] |
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sentence, se |
a b |
Returns a list composed of a and b. If a or b is a list, then each
element of a and b will become an element of the resulting list (square
brackets are deleted). |
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Eg: se [4 3] ``hello returns [4 3 hello] |
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se [how are] ``things returns [how are things] |
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fput |
a b: a anything, b list |
Insert a in the first slot in list b. |
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Eg : fput ``cocoa [2] returns [cocoa 2] |
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lput |
a b: a anything, b list |
Insert a in the last slot of list b |
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Eg: lput 5 [7 9 5] returns [7 9 5 5] |
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reverse |
a : list |
Reverse the order of elements in list a |
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reverse [1 2 3] returns [3 2 1] |
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pick |
a : a word or list |
If a is a word, returns one of the letters of a at random. If a is
a list, returns one of the elements of a at random. |
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remove |
a b: a anything, b list |
Remove element a from list b if it occurs there. |
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Eg: remove 2 [1 2 3 4 2 6 ] returns [1 3 4 6] |
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item |
a b: a whole number, b list or word |
If b is a word, returns the letter numbered a from the word (1 represents
the first letter). If b is a list, returns the element numbered a
from the list. |
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butlast,bl |
a: list or word |
If a is a list, returns the whole list except for its last element.
If a is a word, returns the word minus its last letter. |
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butfirst, bf |
a: list or word |
If a is a list, returns the whole list except for its first element.
If a is a word, returns the word minus its first letter. |
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last |
a: list or word |
If a is a list, returns the last element of the list. If a is a word,
returns the last letter of the word. |
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first |
a: list or word |
If a is a list, returns the first element of the list. If a is a word,
returns the first letter of the word. |
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setitem, replace |
li1 n li2: li1 list, n integer, li2 word or list |
Replace the element number n in the list li, by the word or the list li2. |
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replace [a b c] 2 8 --> [a 8 c] |
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additem |
li1 n li2: li1 list, n integer, li2 word or list |
Adds at the position n in the list li the word or the list li2 |
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additem [a b c] 2 8 --> [a 8 b c] |
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count |
a: list or word |
If a is a word, returns the number of letters in a. If a is a list,
returns the number of elements in a. |
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unicode |
a: word |
returns the Unicode value of the character "a". |
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pr unicode "A returns 65 |
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character, char |
a: number |
returns the character which Unicode value is "a". |
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pr character 65 returns "A |
