You could use match or match-let, e.g., (match-let ([(list year month day) (regexp-split #rx"/" "2012/06/06")]) …)
http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/match.html On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Jordan Schatz wrote: > > Is there a way to unwrap or explode a list? I don't see it in the docs, but it > seems like it would be a common thing. > > This is what I want to do: > > (define-values (year month day) > (regexp-split #rx"/" "2012/06/06")) > > But regexp-split returns a list, not values, so I'd like to "unwrap" the list > and just have the values... > > I can do it manually: > (define tmp (regexp-split #rx"/" "2012/06/06")) > (define year (first tmp)) > (define month (second tmp)) > (define day (third tmp)) > > But thats ugly. > > Being able to > (let ([year month day (regexp-split #rx"/" "2012/06/06")]) > ) > Would be handy too... > > - Jordan > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
