(also newbie here, butu here's my take) append operates on LISTS. 'd or 'e is not a list.
You should do: (append '(a b c) '(d) '(e)) Or, alternatively: (append '(a b c) (list 'd 'e)) On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Jonathan Kelly <jonathan.ke...@gtaus.com.au > wrote: > Hi, > > > > Newbie trying to get into the lisp headspace. > > > > I was a bit surprised by this … > > > > : (append '(a b c) 'd 'e) > > -> (a b c . e) > > > > Is that right? Oh, and this? > > > > : (setq x (append '(a b c) 'e)) > > -> (a b c . e) > > : x > > -> (a b c . e) > > : (append x 'f) > > -> (a b c . f) > > > > Jonathan. > -- *-- Frantisek Fuka* (yes, that IS my real name) -- My Personal homepage: www.fuxoft.cz -- My Google+ profile: google.com/+fuxoft -- My Telegram chat: telegram.fuxoft.cz
