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apropos

Function
Summary

Searches for interned symbols.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

apropos string &optional package external-only => <no values>

Arguments

string

A string designator.

package

A package designator or nil .

external-only

A generalized boolean.

Description

The function apropos behaves as specified in ANSI Common Lisp. There is an additional optional argument external-only , which if true restricts the search to symbols which are external in the searched package or packages. The default value of external-only is nil .

See also

apropos-list
*describe-print-length*
*describe-print-level*
regexp-find-symbols


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 21 Dec 2011

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