Simplified Common Lisp reference

Symbol class: Functions, Evaluation, Flow Control, Definitions and Syntax

Syntax:

Symbol type: function

funcallfnargs^{(zero or more)} => value

Argument description:

fn	a function designator
args	call arguments

FUNCALL function call supplied function with specified arguments. Argument list is same as in the rest of funcall call. Function designator is function itself or symbol specifying global function name. Note that there is limitation of maximal number of arguments, see CALL-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT constant. See also APPLY, LAMBDA.

(funcall #'+ 1 2 3 4 5 6) => 21
(funcall #'sin 1.0) => 0.84147096
(funcall 'sin 1.0) => 0.84147096

Function index Full documentation for funcall (HyperSpec)