University
of Washington • CSE583 • D. Notkin © 2000
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List accessors
lcar (head) returns the first element in a list
–(+ (car snork) (car fork)) ® 9
lcdr (tail) non-destructively returns the rest of the elements in the list after the first
–(define dork (cdr snork))
–fork ® (4 5 6 7 8) snork ® (5 6 7 8)
dork ® (6 7 8)
dork ® (6 7 8)
