LabLISP Guide

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**''COND''**

''COND'' is a multi branched conditional in LISP and accepts any number arguments, that must be lists - clauses. Sequentially, first element of the clause list is evaluated. If the result is ''NIL'' the rest of the clause is ignored. If the first element is true (not ''NIL''), the following items in the clause are evaled as in ''PROGN'', the result of the last is returned from the ''COND'', and all the following clauses are ignored. 

<code lisp>
>(setq a 2)                    ; prepare A for this example
2

>(cond ((= a 1) (print "beep") 1)
       ((= a 2) (print "beep") (print "beep") 2)
       ((= a 3) (print "beep") (print "beep") (print "beep") 3)
       (T "none")) 
"beep"
"beep"
2       
</code>

When none of the clause conditions are true, the whole form returns ''NIL''. In the example above, the last form has the ''T'' as condition, so if none of the previous conditions apply, the last clause will be evaled.

See also ''IF'', ''WHEN'', ''UNLESS'', ''AND'', ''OR''