lappend(3tcl)

lappend3tcl

Append list elements onto a variable

Usage

lappend varName ?value value value ...?


    


    


    

Overview

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 does not 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.

Examples

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

Keywords

append, element, list, variable

Releases

18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 1.1–1.3
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.1–2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. 3.1–4.0
  6. 5.0
  7. 6.0
  8. 7
  9. 8–10
  10. 11–13

From tcl8.6-doc 8.6.16+dfsg-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Also shipped by tcl9.0-doc. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.