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* Andreas Roehler [2009-12-10 13:50+0100] writes:

> And here my implementation so far:
>
> (defun until-found (search-string liste)
>   (let ((liste liste) element)
>     (while liste
>       (if (member search-string (car liste))
>           (setq element (car liste) liste nil))
>       (setq liste (cdr liste)))
>     element))

This seems to be the same as:

(car (member (lambda (element) (member search-string element)) liste))

or

(find-if (lambda (element) (member search-string element)) liste)

or

(find search-string liste :test #'member)

or

(loop for e in liste if (member search-string e) return e)

Helmut