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14.2.22 nth Accessor

Syntax:
nth n list    object

(setf (nth n list) new-object)

Arguments and Values:
n - a non-negative integer.

list - a list, which might be a dotted list or a circular list.

object - an object.

new-object - an object.

Description:
nth locates the nth element of list, where the car of the list is the "zeroth" element. Specifically,

 (nth n list) ==(car (nthcdr n list))

nth may be used to specify a place to setf. Specifically,

 (setf (nth n list) new-object) ==(setf (car (nthcdr n list)) new-object)

Examples:
 (nth 0 '(foo bar baz))   FOO
 (nth 1 '(foo bar baz))   BAR
 (nth 3 '(foo bar baz))   NIL
 (setq 0-to-3 (list 0 1 2 3))  (0 1 2 3)
 (setf (nth 2 0-to-3) "two")  "two"
 0-to-3  (0 1 "two" 3)

See Also:
elt, first, nthcdr

Allegro CL Implementation Details:
None.

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