ELisp: Join or Convert List, Vector

Sequence to Vector

vconcat

(vconcat sequence1 sequence2 etc)

Join any Sequence Type and return a vector.

;; join vectors
(equal
 (vconcat [3 4] ["a" "b"])
 [3 4 "a" "b"])

;; join vector and list
(equal
 (vconcat [3 4] '("a" "b"))
 [3 4 "a" "b"]
 )

;; join vector and string
(equal
 (vconcat [3 4] "ab")
 [3 4 97 98])

;; string elements are converted to char.
;; 97 is the codepoint for the char a

Sequence to List

append

(append sequence1 sequence2 etc)

Join any Sequence Type and return a list.

🛑 WARNING: if you want result to be Proper List , the last element must be a list, or nil.

join lists:

;; join lists
(equal
 (list 1 2 3 4)
 (append (list 1 2) (list 3 4)))

convert vector to list:

;; convert vector to list
(equal
 (append [1 2 3] nil)
 '(1 2 3))

;; this creates improper list
(equal
 (append [1 2 3] [4 5])
 '(1 2 3 . [4 5]))

;; proper list
(equal
 (append [1 2 3] [4 5] nil)
 '(1 2 3 4 5))

;; join vectors and lists to list
(equal
 (append [1 2 3] [4 5] '(6))
 '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
;; proper list

Sequence to String

To convert a list to string, use mapconcat or format. [see ELisp: Format String]

mapconcat

(mapconcat function sequence separator)

Apply function to each element, and concat the results as strings, with separator between elements.

;; list to string
(string-equal
 (mapconcat 'number-to-string '(1 2 3) ",")
 "1,2,3")

;; list to string
(string-equal
 (mapconcat 'identity '("a" "b" "c") ",")
 "a,b,c")

;; vector to string
(string-equal
 (mapconcat 'number-to-string [1 2 3] ",")
 "1,2,3")