Hello Robert, > "Patrick Gundlach" <clr1.10.randomuser / spamgourmet.com> schrieb im > Newsbeitrag news:m2r7smqm83.fsf / levana.de... >> type. Example (setq mylist '((1 a))) then (car (cdr 'mylist)) is the >> same as (caar 'mylist) which is 1. "Robert Klemme" <bob.news / gmx.net> writes: > Huh? What am I missing here? It seems (caar x) is short for (car (car > x))... sorry, two stupid typos in one row. :-( I can't put it on the late hour, it was afternoon when I wrote my reply. You're right. it should be (car (car ...)) = (caar ..) and not 'mylist but unquoted mylist. Patrick