tail-setter

Sets the tail of a pair to contain an object and returns the object. pair is modified by this operation.

define variable x = list (4, 5, 6)
tail (x) := #(9, 8, 7)
 ⇒  #(9, 8, 7)
x
 ⇒  #(4, 9, 8, 7)
tail (x) := "dot"
 ⇒  "dot"
x
 ⇒  #(4 . "dot")

object	An instance of <object>.
pair	An instance of <pair>.

object

An instance of <object>.

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