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I have the following structure:

'((a (1 2 3 4))
  (b (1 2))
  (c (1 3 4 5))

I want to return a new list that's similar, but that has a 7 inserted after each 2:

'((a (1 2 7 3 4))
  (b (1 2 7))
  (c (1 3 4 5))

How can I do this?

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  • You do not want to mutate a quoted list. Also, mapcar is non-destructive, i.e., it does not mutate its arguments.
    – sds
    Sep 2, 2020 at 18:02
  • @sds maybe I was unable to explain myself better, due to my lack of Lisp expertise I guess, but I'm okay if the result is a new list.
    – shackra
    Sep 2, 2020 at 18:04

1 Answer 1

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You need a nested mapcar and mapcan:

(mapcar
 (lambda (l)
   (list (car l)
         (mapcan
          (lambda (x)
            (if (= x 2)
                (list x 7)
              (list x)))
          (cadr l))))
 '((a (1 2 3 4))
   (b (1 2))
   (c (1 3 4 5))))
==> ((a (1 2 7 3 4)) (b (1 2 7)) (c (1 3 4 5)))

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