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