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<html><head><title>XLISP eval</title>

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<h1>eval</h1>

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<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left:10px"><tbody>
<tr valign="top">
  <td><nobr>Type:</nobr></td>
  <td><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></td>
  <td width="100%"><nobr>function (subr)</nobr></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td><nobr>Source:</nobr></td>
  <td><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></td>
  <td width="100%"><nobr>xlbfun.c, xleval.c</nobr></td>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>

<dl>
<dt>(eval <i>expression</i>)</dt>
<dd><i>expression</i> - an arbitrary expression<br>
returns - the result of evaluating the expression</dd>
</dl>

<h2>Description</h2>

<p>The 'eval' function evaluates the 'expression' and returns the resulting
value.</p>

<h2>Examples</h2>

<pre class="example">
(eval '(+ 2 2))            <font color="#008844">; returns 4</font>
(eval (cons '+ '(2 2 2)))  <font color="#008844">; returns 6</font>
(eval (list '+ '2 '3 ))    <font color="#008844">; returns 5</font>

(setq a 10)                <font color="#008844">; set up A with value 10</font>
(setq b 220)               <font color="#008844">; set up B with value 220</font>

(eval (list '+ a b ))      <font color="#008844">; returns 230 because</font>
                           <font color="#008844">;   (list '+ a b) =&gt; '(+ 10 220)</font>

(eval (list '+ 'a b))      <font color="#008844">; returns 230 because</font>
                           <font color="#008844">;   (list '+ 'a b) =&gt; '(+ A 220)</font>
                           <font color="#008844">;   and A has the value 10</font>
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<p>See the
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function in the <nobr>XLISP 2.0</nobr> manual.</p>

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