What's the equivalent of Clojure's "do" in Common Lisp?

Question

That is, a form that evaluates child forms in order and returns the last evaluated value,e.g.

(do (println "Hello World") 3) => 3

Rotifer

Answer 1

It's called progn.

Special Operator PROGN

Syntax:

progn form* ⇒ result*

Description:

progn evaluates forms, in the order in which they are given.

The values of each form but the last are discarded.

Ivanaivanah

About the name: It's called progn because it returns the value of the nth form. There's also prog1 that returns the value of the first form. (And even prog2 that returns the value of the second form, though it's hardly ever used!) – Harlanharland