find, find_equal

Arguments

Returns

The tail of the list starting at the matching element. If no match is found, nil.

Description

The find function searches the list comparing each element to the s_exp with the function eq. The find_equal function uses equal instead of eq for the comparison.

Example

    Gamma> find(#a,#list(d,x,c,a,f,t,l,j));(a f t l j)
    Gamma> find("hi", #list("Bob","says", "hi"));
    nil
    Gamma> find_equal("hi",#list("Bob","says","hi"));
    ("hi")
    Gamma>  
    		

See Also

eq, equal