CLCS
Function

tree-equal

tree-equal tree-1 tree-2 &key test test-not ⇒ generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values

tree-1a tree.
tree-2a tree.
testa designator for a function of two arguments that returns a generalized boolean.
test-nota designator for a function of two arguments that returns a generalized boolean.
generalized-booleana generalized boolean.

Description

tree-equal tests whether two trees are of the same shape and have the same leaves. tree-equal returns true if tree-1 and tree-2 are both atoms and satisfy the test, or if they are both conses and the car of tree-1 is tree-equal to the car of tree-2 and the cdr of tree-1 is tree-equal to the cdr of tree-2. Otherwise, tree-equal returns false.

tree-equal recursively compares conses but not any other objects that have components.

The first argument to the :test or :test-not function is tree-1 or a car or cdr of tree-1; the second argument is tree-2 or a car or cdr of tree-2.

Examples

 (setq tree1 '(1 (1 2))
       tree2 '(1 (1 2))) ⇒  (1 (1 2))
 (tree-equal tree1 tree2) ⇒  true
 (eql tree1 tree2) ⇒  false
 (setq tree1 '('a ('b 'c))
       tree2 '('a ('b 'c))) ⇒  ('a ('b 'c)) 
⇒  ((QUOTE A) ((QUOTE B) (QUOTE C)))
 (tree-equal tree1 tree2 :test 'eq) ⇒  true

Exceptional Situations

The consequences are undefined if both tree-1 and tree-2 are circular.

Notes

The :test-not parameter is deprecated.