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;; Print every item in a list. (loop for item in '(1 2 3) do (print item)) |> 1 |> 2 |> 3 ⇒ NIL ;; Print every other item in a list. (loop for item in '(1 2 3 4 5) by #'cddr do (print item)) |> 1 |> 3 |> 5 ⇒ NIL ;; Destructure a list, and sum the x values using fixnum arithmetic. (loop for (item . x) of-type (t . fixnum) in '((A . 1) (B . 2) (C . 3)) unless (eq item 'B) sum x) ⇒ 4