Words and Lists Index

Taking things apart					Putting things together
True/False operators					Checking information
Word and list reporters								Case of characters

 

Taking things apart Top
BUTFIRST	strips off the first elements of its input
BUTLAST	strips off the last element of its input
FIRST	reports the first element of its input
LAST	reports the last element of its input
Putting things together Top
FPUT	prepends an element to its input
LIST	concatenates its inputs to a list
LPUT	appends an element to its input
PARSE	parses a string and outputs a list
QUOTE	quotes its input
SENTENCE	combines its inputs to a list, flattening lists
SUBST	subtitutes text in a word or a list
WORD	concatenates its inputs to a word
True/False operators Top
EQUAL?	tests two objects for equality
MEMBER?	checks for an element being a member of its input
NOT.EQUAL?	tests its inputs for inequality
Checking information Top
LIST?	checks for its input being a list
NAME?	checks whether its input is assigned a value
NUMBER?	checks its input for being a number
PRIMITIVE?	checks its input for being a built-in procedure
PROCEDURE?	checks its input for being a user-defined procedure
WORD?	checks its input for being a word
Word and list reporters Top
ASCII	converts a character into its ASCII value
BUTMEMBER	removes an element from its input
CHAR	converts a number into a character
COUNT	counts the number of items in its input
FROMMEMBER	removes the first part of its input until a pattern is found
ITEM	returns a specific element of its input
PICK	randomly picks an element
Case of characters Top
:CASE	controls how user input is converted
LOWERCASE	converts its argument to lower case
MIXEDCASE	converts its argument to mixed case
UPPERCASE	converts its argument to upper case