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From: kmayall@cousteau.uwaterloo.ca (Kevin Mayall)
Subject: Using set-difference
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I can't seem to understand why the second expression below does not
return ((A) (C)).  Can anyone provide some insight?   

> (set-difference '(a b c) '(d e b f))
(A C)
> (set-difference '((a) (b) (c)) '((d) (e) (b) (f)))
((A) (B) (C))

Cheers..........

	Kevin










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