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    Length

    Length of a string or proper list

    Length is the function for determining the length of a sequence. In ACL2, the argument is required to be either a true-listp or a string.

    For a similar function that is logically defined to be equal to zero on any atom, including any string, see len.

    Length is a Common Lisp function. See any Common Lisp documentation for more information.

    Function: length

    (defun length (x)
      (declare (xargs :guard (if (true-listp x) t (stringp x))))
      (if (stringp x)
          (len (coerce x 'list))
        (len x)))