---
name: "linsert"
section: "n"
platform: "linux"
package: "tcl"
version: "8.6.16-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/linsert/n"
---

# linsert(n)

Insert elements into a list

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## NAME

linsert - Insert elements into a list

## SYNOPSIS

**linsert** *list index* ?*element element ...*?

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## DESCRIPTION

This command produces a new list from *list* by inserting all of the *element* arguments just before the *index*'th element of *list*.  Each *element* argument will become a separate element of the new list.  If *index* is less than or equal to zero, then the new elements are inserted at the beginning of the list, and if *index* is greater or equal to the length of *list*, it is as if it was **end**. As with **string index**, the *index* value supports both simple index arithmetic and end-relative indexing.

Subject to the restrictions that indices must refer to locations inside the list and that the *element*s will always be inserted in order, insertions are done so that when *index* is start-relative, the first *element* will be at that index in the resulting list, and when *index* is end-relative, the last *element* will be at that index in the resulting list.

## EXAMPLE

Putting some values into a list, first indexing from the start and then indexing from the end, and then chaining them together:

```
set oldList {the fox jumps over the dog}
set midList [linsert $oldList 1 quick]
set newList [linsert $midList end-1 lazy]
# The old lists still exist though...
set newerList [linsert [linsert $oldList end-1 quick] 1 lazy]
```

## SEE ALSO

[list(n)](/list/n.md), [lappend(n)](/lappend/n.md), [lindex(n)](/lindex/n.md), [llength(n)](/llength/n.md), [lsearch(n)](/lsearch/n.md), [lset(n)](/lset/n.md), [lsort(n)](/lsort/n.md), [lrange(n)](/lrange/n.md), [lreplace(n)](/lreplace/n.md), [string(n)](/string/n.md)

## KEYWORDS

element, insert, list