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NAME
    select - form a list by selecting element-values from a given list

SYNOPSIS
    select(x, y)

TYPES
    x           list
    y           string

    return      list

DESCRIPTION
    If y is to be the name of a user-defined function, select(x, y)
    returns a list whose members are the values z of elements of x
    for which the function at z tests as nonzero.
    The list x is not changed.  The order of the returned list is
    the same as in x.

EXAMPLE
    ; define f(x) = x > 5
    ; A = list(2,4,6,8,2,7)
    ; print select(A, "f")

    list (3 elements, 3 nonzero):
          [[0]] = 6
          [[1]] = 8
          [[2]] = 7

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    none

SEE ALSO
     append, delete, insert, islist, pop, push, remove, rsearch, search,
     size

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