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apropos-list Function

Summary

Searches for interned symbols.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

apropos-list string &optional package external-only => symbols

Arguments
string
A string designator.
package
A package designator or nil.
external-only
A generalized boolean.
Values
symbols
A list of symbols.
Description

The function apropos-list behaves as specified in ANSI Common Lisp w.r.t. string and package. There is an additional optional argument external-only, which if true restricts the search to symbols which are external in the searched package or packages. The default value of external-only is nil.

See also

apropos-list in the Common Lisp HyperSpec
apropos


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