Syntax:
cons object-1 object-2 => cons
Arguments and Values:
object-1---an object.
object-2---an object.
cons---a cons.
Description:
Creates a fresh cons, the car of which is object-1 and the cdr of which is object-2.
Examples:
(cons 1 2) => (1 . 2) (cons 1 nil) => (1) (cons nil 2) => (NIL . 2) (cons nil nil) => (NIL) (cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 (cons 4 nil)))) => (1 2 3 4) (cons 'a 'b) => (A . B) (cons 'a (cons 'b (cons 'c '()))) => (A B C) (cons 'a '(b c d)) => (A B C D)
Side Effects: None.
Affected By: None.
Exceptional Situations: None.
See Also:
Notes:
If object-2 is a list, cons can be thought of as producing a new list which is like it but has object-1 prepended.