;; Group conditional clauses. (loop for i in '(1 324 2345 323 2 4 235 252) when (oddp i) do (print i) and collect i into odd-numbers and do (terpri) else ; I is even. collect i into even-numbers finally (return (values odd-numbers even-numbers))) >> 1 >> >> 2345 >> >> 323 >> >> 235 => (1 2345 323 235), (324 2 4 252) ;; Collect numbers larger than 3. (loop for i in '(1 2 3 4 5 6) when (and (> i 3) i) collect it) ; IT refers to (and (> i 3) i). => (4 5 6) ;; Find a number in a list. (loop for i in '(1 2 3 4 5 6) when (and (> i 3) i) return it) => 4 ;; The above example is similar to the following one. (loop for i in '(1 2 3 4 5 6) thereis (and (> i 3) i)) => 4 ;; Nest conditional clauses. (let ((list '(0 3.0 apple 4 5 9.8 orange banana))) (loop for i in list when (numberp i) when (floatp i) collect i into float-numbers else ; Not (floatp i) collect i into other-numbers else ; Not (numberp i) when (symbolp i) collect i into symbol-list else ; Not (symbolp i) do (error "found a funny value in list ~S, value ~S~%" list i) finally (return (values float-numbers other-numbers symbol-list)))) => (3.0 9.8), (0 4 5), (APPLE ORANGE BANANA) ;; Without the END preposition, the last AND would apply to the ;; inner IF rather than the outer one. (loop for x from 0 to 3 do (print x) if (zerop (mod x 2)) do (princ " a") and if (zerop (floor x 2)) do (princ " b") end and do (princ " c")) >> 0 a b c >> 1 >> 2 a c >> 3 => NIL