transcendental-lisp/eval/PRINT.java

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/*
* Name: Mike Cifelli
* Course: CIS 443 - Programming Languages
* Assignment: Lisp Interpreter 2
*/
package eval;
import parser.*;
/**
* <code>PRINT</code> represents the PRINT function in Lisp.
*/
public class PRINT extends LispFunction {
// The number of arguments that PRINT takes.
private static final int NUM_ARGS = 1;
public SExpression call(Cons argList) {
// retrieve the number of arguments passed to PRINT
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("PRINT"), argList);
String errMsg = "too " +
((argListLength > NUM_ARGS) ? "many" : "few") +
" arguments given to PRINT: " + originalSExpr;
throw new RuntimeException(errMsg);
}
SExpression arg = argList.getCar();
System.out.println(arg);
return arg;
}
}