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Re: Why is result of `car' ⇒ quote ?
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: Why is result of `car' ⇒ quote ? |
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Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:16:13 +0200 |
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Jean Louis wrote:
> Here I do not understand it quite, why do I get result of
> `car' below, to be `quote'?
>
> (nth 2 (car exporters)) ⇒ '("Block 227, Plot 20086, Kakajja Zone")
> (car (nth 2 (car exporters))) ⇒ quote
And the answer is ...
You have quoted the list twice!
(setq exporters '((1 2 '("Block 227, Plot 20086, Kakajja Zone"))))
(nth 2 (car exporters)) ; '("Block 227, Plot 20086, Kakajja Zone")
(car (nth 2 (car exporters))) ; quote
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