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'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\"
+'\"
.TH linsert n 8.2 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.so man.macros
.BS
@@ -13,30 +13,24 @@
.SH NAME
linsert \- Insert elements into a list
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBlinsert \fIlist index \fR?\fIelement element ...\fR?
+\fBlinsert \fIlist index element \fR?\fIelement element ...\fR?
.BE
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This command produces a new list from \fIlist\fR by inserting all of the
\fIelement\fR arguments just before the \fIindex\fR'th element of
\fIlist\fR. Each \fIelement\fR argument will become a separate element of
the new list. If \fIindex\fR is less than or equal to zero, then the new
-elements are inserted at the beginning of the list, and if \fIindex\fR is
-greater or equal to the length of \fIlist\fR, it is as if it was \fBend\fR.
-As with \fBstring index\fR, the \fIindex\fR value supports both simple index
-arithmetic and end-relative indexing.
-.PP
-Subject to the restrictions that indices must refer to locations inside the
-list and that the \fIelement\fRs will always be inserted in order, insertions
-are done so that when \fIindex\fR is start-relative, the first \fIelement\fR
-will be at that index in the resulting list, and when \fIindex\fR is
-end-relative, the last \fIelement\fR will be at that index in the resulting
-list.
+elements are inserted at the beginning of the list.
+.VS 8.5
+The interpretation of the \fIindex\fR value is the same as
+for the command \fBstring index\fR, supporting simple index
+arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the list.
+.VE
.SH EXAMPLE
-.PP
Putting some values into a list, first indexing from the start and
then indexing from the end, and then chaining them together:
-.PP
.CS
set oldList {the fox jumps over the dog}
set midList [\fBlinsert\fR $oldList 1 quick]
@@ -44,12 +38,13 @@ set newList [\fBlinsert\fR $midList end-1 lazy]
# The old lists still exist though...
set newerList [\fBlinsert\fR [\fBlinsert\fR $oldList end-1 quick] 1 lazy]
.CE
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), llength(n), lsearch(n),
+list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), llength(n), lsearch(n),
lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n),
+.VS 8.5
string(n)
+.VE
+
.SH KEYWORDS
element, insert, list
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