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+<html><head><title>XLISP null</title>
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+<a href="../start.htm">Nyquist / XLISP 2.0</a>&nbsp; -&nbsp;
+<a href="../manual/contents.htm">Contents</a> |
+<a href="../tutorials/tutorials.htm">Tutorials</a> |
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+
+<h1>null</h1>
+
+<hr>
+
+<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>predicate 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</nobr></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody></table></p>
+
+<h2>Syntax</h2>
+
+<dl>
+<dt>(null <i>expr</i>)</dt>
+<dd><i>expr</i> - the expression to check<br>
+returns - <a href="t.htm">&nbsp;T&nbsp;</a> if the list is
+empty, <a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> otherwise</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<h2>Description</h2>
+
+<p>The 'null' predicate function checks 'expr' for an empty list.
+<a href="t.htm">&nbsp;T&nbsp;</a> is returned if the list is
+empty, <a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> is returned otherwise. The
+'expr' does not have to be a valid list, but if it is not a list then
+<a href="nil.htm">NIL</a> is returned as the result.</p>
+
+<h2>Examples</h2>
+
+<pre class="example">
+(null '()) <font color="#008844">; returns T - empty list</font>
+(null ()) <font color="#008844">; returns T - still empty</font>
+(setq a NIL) <font color="#008844">; set up a variable</font>
+(null a) <font color="#008844">; returns T - value = empty list</font>
+
+(null "a") <font color="#008844">; returns NIL - not a list</font>
+(null 'a) <font color="#008844">; returns NIL - not a list</font>
+</pre>
+
+<p><b>Note:</b> The 'null' predicate function is the same function as the
+<a href="not.htm">not</a> predicate function.</p>
+
+<p>See the
+<a href="../manual/xlisp-man-018.htm#null">null</a>
+predicate function in the <nobr>XLISP 2.0</nobr> manual.</p>
+
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