|  | ANSI Common Lisp  15 Arrays  15.2 Dictionary of Arrays 
 
| 15.2.17  array-rank | Function |  
 Syntax:
array-rank
array
   rank 
Arguments and Values:
array - an array.
rank - a non-negative integer.
 
Description:
Returns the number of dimensions of array.
Examples:
 (array-rank (make-array '()))  0
 (array-rank (make-array 4))  1
 (array-rank (make-array '(4)))  1
 (array-rank (make-array '(2 3)))  2 
Exceptional Situations:
Should signal an error of type type-error if its argument is not an array.
See Also:
array-rank-limit, make-array
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |