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diff --git a/doc/list.n b/doc/list.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a182fc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/list.n @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 2001 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>. All rights reserved. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH list n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros +.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 \fBlindex\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. +.SH EXAMPLE +.PP +The command +.PP +.CS +\fBlist\fR a b "c d e " " f {g h}" +.CE +.PP +will return +.PP +.CS +\fBa b {c d e } { f {g h}}\fR +.CE +.PP +while \fBconcat\fR with the same arguments will return +.PP +.CS +\fBa b c d e f {g h}\fR +.CE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +lappend(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n), lrange(n), +lrepeat(n), +lreplace(n), lsearch(n), lset(n), lsort(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +element, list, quoting +'\"Local Variables: +'\"mode: nroff +'\"End: |