transcendental-lisp/eval/CAR.java

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/*
* Name: Mike Cifelli
* Course: CIS 443 - Programming Languages
* Assignment: Lisp Interpreter 1
*/
package eval;
import parser.*;
/**
* <code>CAR</code> represents the CAR function in Lisp.
*/
public class CAR extends LispFunction {
// The number of arguments that CAR takes.
private static final int NUM_ARGS = 1;
public SExpression call(Cons argList) {
// retrieve the number of arguments passed to CAR
int argListLength = LENGTH.getLength(argList);
// make sure we have received the proper number of arguments
if (argListLength != NUM_ARGS) {
Cons originalSExpr = new Cons(new Symbol("CAR"), argList);
String errMsg = "too " +
((argListLength > NUM_ARGS) ? "many" : "few") +
" arguments given to CAR: " + originalSExpr;
throw new RuntimeException(errMsg);
}
SExpression argCar = argList.getCar();
// make sure that the argument is a list
if (argCar.listp()) {
Cons arg = (Cons) argCar;
return arg.getCar();
}
// the argument is not a list
throw new RuntimeException("CAR: " + argCar + " is not a list");
}
}