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5.3.42 cond [Macro]

cond {!clause}* => {result}*

clause ::=(test-form {form}*)

Arguments and Values::

test-form—a form.

forms—an implicit progn.

results—the values of the forms in the first clause whose test-form yields true, or the primary value of the test-form if there are no forms in that clause, or else nil if no test-form yields true.

Description::

cond allows the execution of forms to be dependent on test-form.

Test-forms are evaluated one at a time in the order in which they are given in the argument list until a test-form is found that evaluates to true.

If there are no forms in that clause, the primary value of the test-form is returned by the cond form. Otherwise, the forms associated with this test-form are evaluated in order, left to right, as an implicit progn, and the values returned by the last form are returned by the cond form.

Once one test-form has yielded true, no additional test-forms are evaluated. If no test-form yields true, nil is returned.

Examples::
      (defun select-options ()
        (cond ((= a 1) (setq a 2))
              ((= a 2) (setq a 3))
              ((and (= a 3) (floor a 2)))
              (t (floor a 3)))) =>  SELECT-OPTIONS
      (setq a 1) =>  1
      (select-options) =>  2
      a =>  2
      (select-options) =>  3
      a =>  3
      (select-options) =>  1
      (setq a 5) =>  5
      (select-options) =>  1, 2
See Also::

if , case .