Apropos

copy-treeFunction

    Syntax

    copy-tree tree new-tree

    Arguments and Values

    tree — a tree.

    new-tree — a tree.

    Description

    Creates a copy of a tree of conses.

    If tree is not a cons, it is returned; otherwise, the result is a new cons of the results of calling copy-tree on the car and cdr of tree. In other words, all conses in the tree represented by tree are copied recursively, stopping only when non-conses are encountered.

    copy-tree does not preserve circularities and the sharing of substructure.

    Examples
     (setq object (list (cons 1 "one") 
                        (cons 2 (list 'a 'b 'c)))) 
     ((1 . "one") (2 A B C)) 
     (setq object-too object)  ((1 . "one") (2 A B C)) 
     (setq copy-as-list (copy-list object)) 
     (setq copy-as-alist (copy-alist object)) 
     (setq copy-as-tree (copy-tree object)) 
     (eq object object-too)  true 
     (eq copy-as-tree object)  false 
     (eql copy-as-tree object)  false 
     (equal copy-as-tree object)  true 
     (setf (first (cdr (second object))) "a" 
           (car (second object)) "two" 
           (car object) '(one . 1))  (ONE . 1) 
     object  ((ONE . 1) ("two" "a" B C)) 
     object-too  ((ONE . 1) ("two" "a" B C)) 
     copy-as-list  ((1 . "one") ("two" "a" B C)) 
     copy-as-alist  ((1 . "one") (2 "a" B C)) 
     copy-as-tree  ((1 . "one") (2 A B C))
    See Also

    tree-equal