Focus on the Condition

((equal n 0))

(terpri) (setq n nil))

A test to see whether the data possesses some particular property.

We generally use predicates -- functions that return boolean values.

Many conditions can be expressed as a comparison between the input data and a “pattern”.

A trivial case is:

(equal n 0); n = data, 0 = pattern.

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