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22.2 Lists

A very important data type in Scheme--as well as in all other Lisp dialects--is the data type list.(8)

This is the short definition of what a list is:

• Either the empty list (),

• or a pair which has a list in its cdr.

22.2.1 List Read Syntax		Writing literal lists.
22.2.2 List Predicates		Testing lists.
22.2.3 List Constructors		Creating new lists.
22.2.4 List Selection		Selecting from lists, getting their length.
22.2.5 Append and Reverse		Appending and reversing lists.
22.2.6 List Modification		Modifying existing lists.
22.2.7 List Searching		Searching for list elements
22.2.8 List Mapping		Applying procedures to lists.