diff lisp/subr.el @ 22860:349fa4ee1f27

(assoc-default): New function.

--- a/lisp/subr.el	Fri Jul 31 10:24:41 1998 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Fri Jul 31 10:53:30 1998 +0000
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@
     (while (cdr x)
       (setq x (cdr x)))
     x))
+
+(defun assoc-default (el alist test default)
+  "Find object EL in a pseudo-alist ALIST.
+ALIST is a list of conses or objects.  Each element (or the element's
+car, if it. is a cons) is compared with EL by calling TEST.
+If TEST returns non-nil, the element matches;
+then `assoc-default' returns the cdr of the element (if it is a cons),
+or DEFAULT if the element is not a cons.
+If no element matches, the value is nil."
+  (dolist (rr alist)
+    (when (funcall test el (if (consp rr) (car rr) rr))
+      (return (if (consp rr) (cdr rr) default)))))
 
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