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<div><h1>ancestors -- the ancestors of something</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>ancestors x</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>x</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>the list of ancestors of <tt>x</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : ancestors String
o1 = {String, Net, Thing}
o1 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : ancestors class 3
o2 = {ZZ, Number, Thing}
o2 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : ancestors class 3.
o3 = {RR, InexactNumber, Number, Thing}
o3 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : ancestors ring 3.
o4 = {RR , RR , InexactNumber , Nothing, Thing}
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o4 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : ancestors class ring 3.
o5 = {RealField, InexactField, EngineRing, Ring, Type, MutableHashTable,
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HashTable, Thing}
o5 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i6 : ancestors 3
o6 = {3, Nothing, Thing}
o6 : List</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_ancestor_lp__Type_cm__Type_rp.html" title="whether one type is an ancestor of another">ancestor</a> -- whether one type is an ancestor of another</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_show__Structure.html" title="display parent structure">showStructure</a> -- display parent structure</span></li>
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