(cdr list)

Get everything in the list except the first item.

This is the secondary function for taking a list apart. Like the car function, this function returns a portion of the string. This portion includes the second element of the list, along with any remaining elements. For example, if your list contained the points (5.0 3.0 1.0), then using the cdr function would return 3.0 1.0.

Examples

NOTE The a of car and the d of cdr can be combined to create a whole host of cadr possibilities:

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(append list1 list2 ...)

(cons item list)

(last list)

(length list)

(list expression )

(reverse list)

(setq symbol1 statement1 [symbol2 statement2] ...)

LISP Compatibility

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