lappend(1T) Tcl Built-In Commands lappend(1T)______________________________________________________________________________NAMElappend - Append list elements onto a variable
SYNOPSISlappend varName ?value value value ...?
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
This command treats the variable given by varName as a list and appends
each of the value arguments to that list as a separate element, with
spaces between elements. If varName doesn't exist, it is created as a
list with elements given by the value arguments. Lappend is similar to
append except that the values are appended as list elements rather than
raw text. This command provides a relatively efficient way to build up
large lists. For example, ``lappend a $b'' is much more efficient than
``set a [concat $a [list $b]]'' when $a is long.
EXAMPLE
Using lappend to build up a list of numbers.
% set var 1
1
% lappend var 2
1 2
% lappend var 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
SEE ALSOlist(1T), lindex(1T), linsert(1T), llength(1T), lset(1T)lsort(1T), │
lrange(1T)KEYWORDS
append, element, list, variable
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Availability │ runtime/tcl-8 │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Uncommitted │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.
Tcllappend(1T)