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1 point by sacado 6120 days ago | link | parent

  (prn (collect-dups- '(2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7)))
  (prn (collect-dups- '(2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7)))
The two lines are equivalent, how can they produce different outputs ? I guess you made a mistake there ?


5 points by almkglor 6120 days ago | link

You're passing in a list using ' - this is the problem

  (cons '(()) lst)
Try doing something like this:

  (def foo ()
   (let acc '(())
     (push 1 (car acc))))
  arc> (foo) (foo)
^^

Generally, don't use '(...), unless you really really really have to. Use the longer 'list instead:

  (cons (list ()) lst)

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3 points by map 6120 days ago | link

As you hinted, the output of your example surprised me:

  (1)(1 1)
And your suggestion fixed my routine. But I don't understand why.

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5 points by eds 6120 days ago | link

It's because 'quote doesn't necessarily create a new list every time (at least not in function definitions). If you do

  (def foo ()
    '(a b c))
(foo) will return the same list every time, so if you modify the list in or before your next call, you'll get the modified instead of the original value.

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2 points by map 6120 days ago | link

That helps. Thanks.

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