[racket] please help to change vector to list

Hi Jos and ALL,

The code is from website

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4175626/scheme-recursion-error

I modified it.  It is not about homework.  I am learning and evaluating
Racket.

I use Language: racket; memory limit: 128 MB in DrRacket.

The error I get is

> (test 'a '(b a c a))
. . procedure application: expected procedure, given: '(b a c a) (no
arguments)

I found the problem.  I should use

helper v

not

 helper (v)

Here is another question.  In (lambda (ls), it seems ls took the value
from v.  How does Racket know not pass x to ls as the argument?  Does it
alway takes the right variable?  What happens if the first lambda has 3
parameters and the 2nd lambda has 2 parameters?

Also, I want code to keep all the letters that is not a.  It does not work
for
(test 'a #(b c a b a d)).  The result is '(c b).  If you know how to
generalize it, please let me know.

Thanks a lot.


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:10 AM, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:

>  Whast you describe seems correct.
> How about showing me yoyur code after deleting vector->list?
>
> If this is HOMEWORK, send it OFF LIST.
>
> What language did you use?
>
> Jos
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* users-bounces at racket-lang.org [mailto:
> users-bounces at racket-lang.org] *On Behalf Of *Yingjian Ma
> *Sent:* 02 June 2011 08:45
> *To:* users at racket-lang.org
> *Subject:* [racket] please help to change vector to list
>
>   Hi ALL,
>
> I have this code
>
> (define test
>   (lambda (x v)
>     (define helper
>       (lambda (ls)
>         (cond
>           ((empty? ls) '())
>           ((empty? (rest ls)) '())
>           ((equal? (second ls) x) (cons (first ls) (helper (rest
> ls))))
>           (else (helper (rest ls))))))
>    (helper (vector->list v))))
>
> When I run it with
> > (test 'a #(b a c a))
> it returns
> '(b c)
>
> Is there a way to use the list such as (test 'a '(b a c a))?  I tried to
> delete vector->list from the last line of the code, but it did not work.
> Why?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
>
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