ch2_1_unquote
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UNQUOTE
Unquote form expect one argument. If unquote appears outside of backquoted list, it is ignored, and the argument is evaluated normally. But within a backquoted list, or any of its sub-lists, we can switch some symbols or sub-lists back to code mode with unquote character , (comma), which reader expands to unquote form.
>(setq b 3) ; set value of symbol B 3 >`(a ,b c) ; unquoted B in backquouted list (A 3 C) ; symbols A and C are not evaled, but B is
The last command is expanded to
>(backquote (a (unquote b) c))
Following example was shown for backquote:
>`(a ,(+ 1 2) c) ; backquoted list (A 3 C) ; form (+ 1 2) evaluated
If the evaluated element results in list, with unquoting it becomes sub-list of the backqouted list:
>`(a ,(list 1 2) c) ; function LIST produces list (A (1 2) C) ; list (1 2) as sublist
See splice-unquote for further refinement. The forms BACKQUOTE, UNQUOTE and SPLICE-UNQUOTE are useful for writing macros.
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