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Function CONS

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:

list

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.