The function cadr must be given a list of at least two elements; otherwise it will signal an error.

(cadr (assoc 'dos '((one 1) (two 2))))

(define (safe-cadr lst)
  (if (pair? lst)
      (if (pair? (cdr lst))
          (cadr lst)
          #f)
      #f) )

(safe-cadr (assoc 'dos '((one 1) (two 2))))
   = #f

Rule: Check data types before performing an access that could cause an error.

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