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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Checking if all values of a list are true
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:38:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85lk08tly4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: e505795a-be0b-4b3e-96d7-d66108b1e589@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com

Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:

> How do I check if all values of a list are true?
>
> This is my attempt:
> (reduce 'and '(t t))
>
> but I get the error: and (invalid-function and)
>
> (functionp 'and)
>
> gives true so why on earth doesn't this work?

Special form.  Try

(not (memq nil '(t t)))

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-11 16:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-11 11:23 Checking if all values of a list are true Nordlöw
2008-07-11 11:33 ` Nordlöw
2008-07-11 11:37   ` Nordlöw
2008-07-11 11:51     ` Florian Beck
2008-07-11 11:56     ` Joost Kremers
2008-07-11 16:38 ` David Kastrup [this message]

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