:dimensions
from the header of a 1- or 2-dimensional array
Major Section: ARRAYS
Example Form: (dimensions 'delta1 a) General Form: (dimensions name alist)where
name
is arbitrary and alist
is a 1- or 2-dimensional array.
This function returns the dimensions list of the array alist
. That
list will either be of the form (dim1)
or (dim1 dim2)
, depending on
whether alist
is a 1- or 2-dimensional array. Dim1
and dim2
will be
integers and each exceed by 1 the maximum legal corresponding index.
Thus, if dimensions
returns, say, '(100)
for an array a
named 'delta1
, then (aref1 'delta1 a 99)
is legal but
(aref1 'delta1 a 100)
violates the guards on aref1
.
Dimensions
operates in virtually constant time if alist
is the
semantic value of name
. See arrays.