list-tail -- r7rs Definition

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Kind

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accessor;

Implemented by

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• list-ref-cons (from vonuvoli);

Procedure signature

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Procedure variants:

• ((list-not-null range-offset) -> (list))
  • inputs:
    • a value of type list-not-null;
    • a value of type range-offset;
  • output: a value of type list;

Exports

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• scheme:base -- (scheme base);

Exports recursive

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• scheme -- (scheme);

Description

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(list-tail list k)

Domain: It is an error if list has fewer than k elements.

Returns the sublist of list obtained by omitting the first k elements. The list-tail procedure could be defined by

(define list-tail
  (lambda (x k)
    (if (zero? k)
        x
        (list-tail (cdr x) (- k 1)))))

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The text herein was sourced and adapted as described in the "R7RS attribution of various text snippets" appendix.

Referenced-types

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• list-not-null;
• range-offset;
• list;