Common Lisp Help...

[TotoTitus]

Merry Christmas everyone!
I'm using Lisp in a Box (emacs + GC Lisp)
And i tried making a function which takes a number as argument, adds 1 to it if it's negative, and substracts 1 from it if it's positive.
(look)

(defun enlarge(x)
           (if (< x 0) (- x 1) nil)
           (if (> x 0) (+ x 1) nil)
           )

Yes, i know, should have made everythin in one IF, but i wanted to have 2 separate IF's for strictly positive and strictly negative numbers (too see what happens if the user enters 0)
Nevertheless:

CL-USER> (enlarge 5)
6
CL-USER> (enlarge -3)
NIL

This is what i get. Why??
Thank you.
;;;Btw, is it worth learning LISP? I've started learning little bits from a book, and i've already found it to be absolutely charming !!!
(Even though i've been 'growing up' with C/C++ syntax)

[TotoTitus]

Never mind, someone helped me figure out the problem - it seems the second IF was never evaluated, and i should have instead used the ELSE part of the first IF.

[Ghost_Buster]

I would have suggested the following:

(defun enlarge ( x ) 
  (cond
    ( (< x 0) (- x 1) )
    ( (> x 0) (+ x 1) )
    ( T nil )
  )
)

[Rashakil Fol]

Never mind, someone helped me figure out the problem - it seems the second IF was never evaluated, and i should have instead used the ELSE part of the first IF.

No, both IFs were evaluated. The result of the first was discarded.I would have suggested the following:

(defun enlarge ( x ) 
  (cond
    ( (< x 0) (- x 1) )
    ( (> x 0) (+ x 1) )
    ( T nil )
  )
)

You should stop being a special snowflake and put your parentheses where everybody else puts them.

(defun enlarge (x)
  (cond
    ((< x 0) (- x 1))
    ((> x 0) (+ x 1))
    (t nil)))

[Ghost_Buster]

First I'm not everybody
Then I don't like the way you put your parentheses because one cannot match opening and closing parentheses at a glance
Finally, you do as you wish and I'll do as I wish!

[Rashakil Fol]

First I'm not everybody Then I don't like the way you put your parentheses because one cannot match opening and closing parentheses at a glance Finally, you do as you wish and I'll do as I wish!

It doesn't matter. After using Lisp for a while you'll end up changing your mind and deciding that the way everybody else does it is better.

[Ghost_Buster]

Just for your information, I've been using LISP for 26 years now and I'm still convinced that I prefer my method.... Lisp is one of the oldest programming language available in AutoCAD and I'm a CAD programmer ... full time (using LISP that is)!

I'm even worst (to your stand point) than that!
I put comments after every close parentheses....