# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 872721270 0
# Node ID 17db1ee36bbbe498d07785d0caf30e2df11f10d9
# Parent  5c7badcafb2b9c70d79f955b5e91894684ada83e
(last): Accept optional second argument.

diff -r 5c7badcafb2b -r 17db1ee36bbb lisp/subr.el
--- a/lisp/subr.el	Wed Aug 27 21:20:47 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Wed Aug 27 22:34:30 1997 +0000
@@ -79,12 +79,20 @@
   "Return the cdr of the cdr of X."
   (cdr (cdr x)))
 
-(defun last (x)
-  "Return the last element of the list X.
-If X is nil, return nil."
-  (while (cdr x)
-    (setq x (cdr x)))
-  x)
+(defun last (x &optional n)
+  "Return the last link of the list X.  Its car is the last element.
+If X is nil, return nil.
+If N is non-nil, return the Nth-to-last link of X.
+If N is bigger than the length of X, return X."
+  (if n
+      (let ((m 0) (p x))
+	(while (consp p)
+	  (setq m (1+ m) p (cdr p)))
+	(if (<= n 0) p
+	  (if (< n m) (nthcdr (- m n) x) x)))
+    (while (cdr x)
+      (setq x (cdr x)))
+    x))
 
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