Re: return first element in list with certain property

[Robert L.]

On 11/19/2017, Philipp Stephani wrote:

> Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> schrieb am So., 19. Nov. 2017 um 21:44 Uhr:
> 
> > What is considered the right way to return the
> > first element in list that has
> > a certain property?
> > 
> > The best way I've found so far is `cl-some' and
> > then `and'. While I don't consider the
> > "`and' hack" to be detrimental in any way I was
> > curious if there was a complete
> > "hack free" way...
> > 
> 
> cl-find-if


(defun list-find-if (pred xs)
  (while (and (consp xs) (not (funcall pred (car xs))))
    (pop xs))
  (car xs))

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