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(quote statement)

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When you want LISP to treat the statement literally, you use the quote function. Quote prevents LISP from evaluating the statement. The single quote symbol (') is used as a shortcut for the quote function; the two are interchangeable.

Examples

Code	Returns
(quote a)	A
(setq x '(1 2 3 4))	(1 2 3 4)
(setq x (quote (1 2 3 4)))	(1 2 3 4)

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