- Syntax:
- 
mismatch
sequence-1 sequence-2 
			 &key from-end test test-not key start1 start2 end1 end2
  position position
 
- Arguments and Values:
- 
Sequence-1 - a sequence.
Sequence-2 - a sequence.
 
from-end - a generalized boolean.
  The default is false.
 
test - a designator for a function of two arguments
  that returns a generalized boolean.
 
test-not - a designator for 
  a function of two arguments
  that returns a generalized boolean.
 
start1, end1 - bounding index designators of sequence-1.
 The defaults for start1 and end1 are 0 and nil, respectively.
 
start2, end2 - bounding index designators of sequence-2.
 The defaults for start2 and end2 are 0 and nil, respectively.
 
key - a designator for a function of one argument,
  or nil.
 
position - a bounding index of sequence-1,
		   or nil.
 
 
- Description:
- 
The specified subsequences of         
sequence-1 and sequence-2 are compared element-wise.
The key argument is used for both the sequence-1 and the sequence-2.
 
If sequence-1 and sequence-2 
are of equal length and match in every element, the result is
false.  Otherwise, the result is a non-negative integer,
the index within
sequence-1 of the leftmost or rightmost position, depending
on from-end, at which the two
subsequences fail to match.
If one subsequence 
is shorter than and a matching prefix of the other,
the result is the index
relative to sequence-1 beyond the last position tested.
 
If from-end is true, then one plus the index of the rightmost
position in which the sequences
differ is returned.  In effect, the subsequences
are aligned at their right-hand ends; then, the last elements are compared,
the penultimate elements, and so on.  The index returned is 
an index relative to sequence-1.                  
 
 
- Examples:
- 
                                 
 (mismatch "abcd" "ABCDE" :test #'char-equal)  4
 (mismatch '(3 2 1 1 2 3) '(1 2 3) :from-end t) 4
 (mismatch '(3 2 1 1 2 3) '(1 2 3) :from-end t) 3
 (mismatch '(1 2 3) '(2 3 4) :test-not #'eq :key #'oddp) 3
 (mismatch '(1 2 3) '(2 3 4) :test-not #'eq :key #'oddp) NIL
 (mismatch '(1 2 3 4 5 6) '(3 4 5 6 7) :start1 2 :end2 4) NIL
 (mismatch '(1 2 3 4 5 6) '(3 4 5 6 7) :start1 2 :end2 4) NIL NIL
 
 
- See Also:
- 
Section 3.6 Traversal Rules and Side Effects
 
- Notes:
- 
The :test-not argument is deprecated.
 
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
- 
 None.