Common lisp

A functional programming language. Useful URL: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/CC/310/pwfong/Lisp/ http://www.cs.sfu.ca/CC/310/pwfong/Lisp/1/tutorial1.html In Unix: type lisp How to quit: (quit)

Lisps working environment: loop read in an expression from the console; evaluate the expression; print the result of evaluation to the console; end loop.

Examples:
Note: the prompt of lisp in my system is .
1. Simple test *1 1 2. Compute (2+4) you type in: (+ 2 4) * (+ 2 4) //my input 6 // lisp output 4. Compute (2*5+4) * (+(* 2 5) 4) //my input 14 // lisp output

//my input // lisp output

5. Compute (2+4*5-4) * (- (+ 2 (* 4 5)) 4)

18

//my input // lisp output

6a. (- (+ 2 (* 4 )) 4)
6b. (- 2), (- 2 5) 6c. (* 4) 6d. (/ 2)

3. Compute (2*3 *5) You type in: (* 2 3 5) *(* 2 3 5) //my input 30 // lisp output

Common lisp
Expressions: composed of forms. a function call f(x): (f x). For example, sin(0) is written as (sin 0). Expressions : case-insensitive. (cos 0) and (COS 0) are interpreted in the same way. "+" is the name of the addition function that returns the sum of its arguments. Some functions, like + and *, could take an arbitrary number of arguments.

A function application form looks like (function argument1 argument2 ... argumentn).

Common lisp
LISP evaluates function calls in applicative order, -> means that all the argument forms are evaluated before the function is invoked. e.g. Given ( + (sin 0) (+ 1 5)), the argument forms (sin 0) and (+ 1 5) are respectively evaluated to the values 0 and 6 before they are passed as arguments to + function. Numeric values are called self-evaluating forms: they evaluate to themselves. Some other forms, e.g. conditionals, are not evaluated in applicative order.

Some basic functions

+ / * abs rem min max cos sin : summation : subtraction : division : multiplication : absolute value, e.g. (abs -2) returns 2; (abs 2) returns 2 : remainder; e.g. (rem 3 5) returns 3; (rem 7 5) returns 2 :minimum :maximum :cosine :sine

Definition of a function
Use defun to define a new function. Examples:

1. Define a function as double(x) = 2*x

Input: (defun double (x) (* x 2)) Lisp output: DOUBLE 2. Inline comments Input: (defun triple (x) compute x times 3 (* x 3) ) Lisp output: TRIPLE We can use ; then followed with a documentation string. (defun triple (x) compute x times 3 ; compute x multiplied by 3 (* x 3) )

Save/Load lisp programs

-Edit a lisp program: Use a text editor to edit a lisp program and save it as, for example, helloLisp.lisp

-Load a lisp program:

(load helloLisp.lisp) -Compile a lisp program: (compile-file helloLisp.lisp) -Load a compileed lisp program (load helloLisp)

(defun factorial ( n ) compute the factorial of a non-negative integer ( IF (= n 1) 1 ( * n factorial( - n 1) ) ) ) What is the problem? Ternary operator? Relational Operators (= x y) Meaning x is equal to y

Control structures: Recursions and Conditionals

(/= x y)
(< x y) (> x y) (<= x y)

x is not equal to y
x is less than y x is greater than y x is no greater than y

(>= x y)

x is no less than y

Control structures: Recursions and Conditionals

Strict function : evaluate their arguments in applicative order If is not a strict function. The if form evaluates the condition (= N 1): If the condition evaluates to true, then only the second argument is evaluated, and its value is returned as the value of the if form. If the condition evaluates to false, the third argument is evaluated, and its value is returned. - short-circuit? Special forms: Forms that are not strict functions.

The function is recursive. It involves invocation of itself. recursion: loop Linear recursion: may make at most one recursive call from any level of invocation.

Multiple Recursions Fibonacci numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ( defun fibonacci (N) "Compute the N'th Fibonacci number." (if (or (zerop N) (= N 1)) 1 ( + (fibonacci (- N 1)) (fibonacci (- N 2)) ) ) ) 1.the function call (zerop N) tests if N is zero. 2.a shorthand for (= N 0). (zerop returns either T or NIL) 3.predicate: a boolean function, as indicated by the suffix p. 4.or: the form is a logical operator. 5.It evaluates its arguments from left to right, - returning non-NIL if it encounters an argument that evaluates to non-NIL. - It evaluates to NIL if all tests fail. - For example, in the expression (or t (= 1 1)), the second argument (= 1 1) will not be evaluated.

Binomial Coefficient
The Binomial Coefficient B(n, r) is the coefficient of the term x r in the binormial expansion of (1 + x) n. For example, B(4, 2) = 6 because (1+x) 4 = 1 + 4x + 6x2 + 4x3 + x4.

The Binomial Coefficient can be computed using the Pascal Triangle formula: Implement a doubly recursive function (binomial N R) that computes the binomial coefficient B(N, R).
B(n, r) = 1 B(n, r) = B(n-1, r-1) + B(n-1, r) if r = 0 or r = n otherwise

Shorthand (1+ x) (1- x) (zerop x) (plusp x) (minusp x) Fib(n) = 1 (evenp x) (oddp x)

Fib(n) = Fib(n1) + Fib(n-2)

Meaning (+ x 1) (- x 1) (= x 0) (> x 0) (< x 0)

for n = 0 or n =1

(= (rem x 2) 0) > 1 for n (/= (rem x 2) 0)

Logical Operators (or x1 x2 ... xn) (and x1 x2 ... xn) (not x)

Meaning Logical or Logical and Logical negation

Local variable declaration: Let

( let ( (x 1 ) (y 4 ) ) (+ x y) ) That is: (let ( (x 1) (y 4)) (+ x y)) Contrast: let*

(let*

) (+ x y)

(x 1) (y (* x 2))

Lists
Lists: containers; supports sequential traversal. List is also a recursive data structure: its definition is recursive. Data type: constructors, selectors and recognizers. Constructors: create new instances of a data type A list is obtained by evaluating one of the following constructors: 1.nil: Evaluating nil creates an empty list; 2.(cons x L): Given a LISP object x and a list L, 3.evaluating (cons x L) creates a list containing x followed by the elements in L. Recursive definition: Example: create a list containing 1 followed by 2. *(cons 1 (cons 2 nil)) *(1 2)

Define a list: quote or `

*(quote (2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19)) *(2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19) Or

*`(2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19))
*(2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19))

Selectors
First: (first L1) returns the first literal in L1 Rest: (rest L1) return L1 without the first literal Last: (last L1) return the last cons structure in L1 Examples: *(first '(2 4 8)) *2 *(rest (rest (rest '(8)))) * NIL

Recognizers
Given a list L - (null L) returns t iff L is nil,

- (consp L) returns t iff L is constructed from cons.

Examples:
*(null nil) *T

(null '(1 2 3)) *NIL *(consp nil) *NIL *(consp '(1 2 3)) *T

(defun recursive-list-length (L) "A recursive implementation of list-length. ( if (null L) 0 ( 1+ (recursive-list-length (rest L)) ) ) )

What is the purpose of the following function?

( defun list-nth (N L) (if (null L) nil ( if (zerop N) (first L) (list-nth (1- N) (rest L)) ) )

If-then-else-if
(defun list-nth (n L) "Return the n'th member of a list L." (cond ((null L) nil) ((zerop n) (first L)) (t (list-nth (1- n) (rest L))) ) ) 1. The condition (null L) is evaluated first. If true, then nil is returned. 2. Otherwise, the condition (zerop n) is evaluated. If true, then the value of (first L) is returned. 3. In case neither of the conditions holds, the value of (list-nth (1- n) (rest L)) is returned.

What does the following function do?

(defun list-member (E L) "Test if E is a member of L." (cond ((null L) nil) ((eq E (first L)) t) (t (list-member E (rest L))) ) )

Modify the code in order to use if instead of cond.

Note: member is a built-in function of lisp

In the implementation of list-member, the function call (eq x y) tests if two symbols are the same. (list-member '(a b) '((a a) (a b) (a c))) 0: (LIST-MEMBER (A B) ((A A) (A B) (A C))) 1: (LIST-MEMBER (A B) ((A B) (A C))) 2: (LIST-MEMBER (A B) ((A C))) 3: (LIST-MEMBER (A B) NIL) 3: returned NIL 2: returned NIL 1: (defun list-member (E L) returned NIL 0: "Test if E is a member of L." returned NIL (cond NIL ((null L) nil) ((eq E (first L)) t) (t (list-member E (rest L))) ) )

Example Member: continue

-we would have expected a result of t. -'(a b) does not eq another copy of '(a b) (they are not the same symbol), listmember returns nil. -account for list equivalence, -Use equal for the list test:

(= x y) (eq x y) (eql x y) (equal x y)

True if x and y evaluate to the same number. True if x and y evaluate to the same symbol. True if x and y are either = or eq.

True if x and y are eql or if they evaluate to the same list. (equalp x y) To be discussed in Tutorial 4.

What does the following function do? (defun list-append (L1 L2) "Append L1 by L2." ( if (null L1) L2 (cons (first L1) (list-append (rest L1) L2) ) ) )

Exercises
1. Member function. member(e L) checks whether e in a list L or not. Return t if true; otherwise return nil. Compute x^n, n is a positive integer. pow( x n ) Compute the summation of 1^1 + 2^m+3^m++n^m, where n and m are positive integers. sum( n m ) Counting function Count the number of times a cons structure e appearing in a cons list L count ( e L )

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Exercises
1. deletion function. delete(e L) removes all the cons structure e appearing in a cons list L. Interleaving function interlv( L1 L2) creates a new list by arranging the cons structures in L1 and L2 in a interleaving pattern and the first cons structure in the new list is from L1. For example interlv( `(1 2 3) `(8 9 7)) (1 8 2 9 3 7) interlv( `(1 ) `(8 9 7)) (1 8 9 7)

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Exercises
1. Set operations - union - intersection - difference - two sets are equal? - a member function is required

Some interesting questions

1. What is the difference between (1 2 3) and `(1 2 3)?
2. (1- 5) 3. (- 1 5) 4. (1+ 6) 5. Do we have (1/ 5)?