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diff --git a/doc/list.n b/doc/list.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a688cb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/list.n @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) list.n 1.9 96/08/26 13:00:04 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH list n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +list \- Create a list +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBlist \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +This command returns a list comprised of all the \fIarg\fRs, +or an empty string if no \fIarg\fRs are specified. +Braces and backslashes get added as necessary, so that the \fBindex\fR command +may be used on the result to re-extract the original arguments, and also +so that \fBeval\fR may be used to execute the resulting list, with +\fIarg1\fR comprising the command's name and the other \fIarg\fRs comprising +its arguments. \fBList\fR produces slightly different results than +\fBconcat\fR: \fBconcat\fR removes one level of grouping before forming +the list, while \fBlist\fR works directly from the original arguments. +For example, the command +.CS +\fBlist a b {c d e} {f {g h}}\fR +.CE +will return +.CS +\fBa b {c d e} {f {g h}}\fR +.CE +while \fBconcat\fR with the same arguments will return +.CS +\fBa b c d e f {g h}\fR +.CE + +.SH KEYWORDS +element, list |