From: Chris Huminski
Subject: lisp fils read > list
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <01bcc307$010ae590$fdc50b26@bpclppcn010>

Hi, I'm ChrisH. Am a neophyte in lisp. Am trying to figure out how to take
data from a file, and store it in a list. Can someone offer some simple,
proven experience?

TIA,

ChrisH

From: Thomas A. Russ
Subject: Re: lisp fils read > list
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <ymisov4o62m.fsf@sevak.isi.edu>

(defun read-data-from-file (filename)
  ;; Reads data from file "filename" using the Lisp reader and
  ;;   returns the values as a list.
  (let ((eof (gensym)))
    (with-open-file (f filename :direction :input)
      (loop for datum = (read f nil eof)
	    until (eq datum eof)
            collect datum))))

-Tom Russ