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MutableList -- the class of all mutable lists

Description

For an overview of lists and sequences, see lists and sequences.

Normally the entries in a mutable list are not printed, to prevent infinite loops in the printing routines. To print them out, use peek.

i1 : s = new MutableList from {a,b,c};

i2 : s#2 = 1234;

i3 : s

o3 = MutableList{...3...}

o3 : MutableList

i4 : peek s

o4 = MutableList{a, b, 1234}

See also

BasicList -- the class of all basic lists

Types of mutable list :

Bag -- the class of all bags

Methods that use a mutable list :

"positions(MutableList,Function)" -- see positions -- which elements of a list satisfy a condition
"remove(MutableList,ZZ)" -- see remove -- remove an entry from a mutable hash table, list, or database

For the programmer

The object MutableList is a type, with ancestor classes BasicList < Thing.