'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" Copyright (c) 2001 Kevin B. Kenny. All rights reserved. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) lappend.n,v 1.5 2003/01/21 19:39:59 hunt Exp '\" .so man.macros .TH lappend n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME lappend \- Append list elements onto a variable .SH SYNOPSIS \fBlappend \fIvarName \fR?\fIvalue value value ...\fR? .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command treats the variable given by \fIvarName\fR as a list and appends each of the \fIvalue\fR arguments to that list as a separate element, with spaces between elements. If \fIvarName\fR doesn't exist, it is created as a list with elements given by the \fIvalue\fR arguments. \fBLappend\fR is similar to \fBappend\fR except that the \fIvalue\fRs are appended as list elements rather than raw text. This command provides a relatively efficient way to build up large lists. For example, ``\fBlappend a $b\fR'' is much more efficient than ``\fBset a [concat $a [list $b]]\fR'' when \fB$a\fR is long. .SH "SEE ALSO" list(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n), .VS 8.4 lset(n) .VE lsort(n), lrange(n) .SH KEYWORDS append, element, list, variable