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' 36 <h1><i>Class</i> <strong>NTH-TEMPLATE</strong></h1>
' 37
' 38 <h2>Package:</h2>
' 39
' 40 <p><code>COMMON-LISP.EXTENSIONS.DATA-AND-CONTROL-FLOW.UNIFICATION</code></p>
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' 42
' 43 <h2>Class Precedence List:</h2>
' 44
' 45 <p>
' 46 NTH-TEMPLATE, ELEMENT-TEMPLATE, EXPRESSION-TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, STANDARD-OBJECT, T.
' 47 </p>
' 48
' 49 <h2>Known Subclasses:</h2>
' 50
' 51 <p>
' 52 None.
' 53 </p>
' 54
' 55
' 56 <h2>Slots:</h2>
' 57
' 58 <p>None.</p>
' 59
' 60
' 61 <h2>Description:</h2>
' 62
' 63 <p>The NTH-TEMPLATE class denotes those object that are used
' 64 to unify against a particular element of a LIST.</p>
' 65
' 66 <h3>Template Syntax:</h3>
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' 68 <p>
' 69 <pre>
' 70 #T(<b>nth</b> <i>index</i> <i>item</i>)
' 71 </pre>
' 72 </p>
' 73
' 74 <p>The NTH-TEMPLATE syntax denotes the <i>item</i> at <i>index</i>
' 75 a LIST. A NTH-TEMPLATE must
' 76 be unified against a LIST object. <i>item</i> is <em>unified</em>
' 77 against the element extracted from the sequence object at
' 78 <i>index</i> by the standard function NTH.</p>
' 79
' 80
' 81 <h2>Examples:</h2>
' 82
' 83 <p>
' 84 <pre>
' 85 cl-prompt> (setf e (unify '(0 1 42 3 4 5) #T(<b>nth</b> 2 ?x)))
' 86 #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
' 87
' 88 cl-prompt> (find-variable-value '?x e)
' 89 42
' 90
' 91 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify '(0 1 42 3 4 5) #T(<b>nth</b> 42 ?x)))
' 92 --> Error: index 42 out of bounds. <STRONG>FIX THIS</STRONG>
' 93
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' 95 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify #(a s d) #T(<b>nth</b> 1 ?x)))
' 96 --> Error: UNIFICATION-FAILURE
' 97 </pre>
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' 99
' 100
' 101 <h2>Affected By:</h2>
' 102
' 103 <p>None.</p>
' 104
' 105
' 106 <h2>Exceptional Situations:</h2>
' 107
' 108 <p>Unifying an NTH-TEMPLATE against a non-LIST object results in
' 109 an UNIFICATION-FAILURE error being signaled.</p>
' 110
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' 112 <h2>See Also:</h2>
' 113
' 114 <p>UNIFY</p>
' 115
' 116 <h2>Notes:</h2>
' 117
' 118 <p>None.</p>
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