Ah!...that makes sense ... thanks Alex! On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 7:48 AM Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote:
> Hi Kashyap, > > > I noticed an odd behavior of sort - > > (setq L '((2) (1) )) > > (sort L) > > Note that 'sort' is a destructive function, it modifies the order of cells > in-place. Thus you must use the return value of 'sort', it may return > another > cell than was passed to it. > > In the above, the return value of 'sort' is ignored and thus lost. > > Try either > > : (length (sory L)) > > or > > : (setq L (sort L)) > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe >
