MAPCAR 的示例

MAPCAR 是該系列中最常用的功能：

CL-USER> (mapcar #'1+ '(1 2 3))
(2 3 4)
CL-USER> (mapcar #'cons '(1 2 3) '(a b c))
((1 . A) (2 . B) (3 . C))
CL-USER> (mapcar (lambda (x y z) (+ (* x y) z)) 
                 '(1 2 3) 
                 '(10 20 30) 
                 '(100 200 300))
(110 240 390)
CL-USER> (let ((list '(a b c d e f g h i))) ; randomize this list
           (mapcar #'cdr
                   (sort (mapcar (lambda (x)
                                   (cons (random 100) x))
                                 list)
                         #'<=
                         :key #'car)))
(I D A G B H E C F)

習慣使用 mapcar 是為了轉置表示為列表列表的矩陣：

CL-USER> (defun transpose (list-of-lists)
           (apply #'mapcar #'list list-of-lists))
ROTATE
CL-USER> (transpose '((a b c) (d e f) (g h i)))
((A D G) (B E H) (C F I))

;  +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+
;  | A | B | C |               | A | D | G |
;  +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+
;  | D | E | F |    becomes    | B | E | H |
;  +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+
;  | G | H | I |               | C | F | I |
;  +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+

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