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  <RefEntryTitle>node-list->string</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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<RefNameDiv>
  <RefName>node-list->string</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Return a string representation of the node list</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(node-list->string nodelist)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Builds a string representation of the node list and returns it.
The representation is 
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<para>
"gi(firstchildgi()secondchildgi(firstgrandchildgi())) secondgi()..."
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<para>
This is a debugging function, in case that wasn't obvious...</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

<ProgramListing>
(define (node-list->string nodelist)
  ;; Return a string representation of the node list
  (let loop ((nl nodelist) (res ""))
    (if (node-list-empty? nl)
	res
	(loop (node-list-rest nl)
	      (string-append res 
			     (if (gi (node-list-first nl))
				 (string-append
				  (gi (node-list-first nl))
				  "("
				  (node-list->string 
				   (children (node-list-first nl)))
				  ")")
				 ""))))))
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