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Date:         Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:31:04 +0000
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From: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@MORNINGSTAR2.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: \clist_length:N and \clist_nth:N
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On 23/01/2011 15:28, Joseph Wright wrote:
>   \cs_new_nopar:Npn \clist_element:Nn #1#2 {
>     \exp_args:No \clist_element:nn {#1} {#2}
>   }
>   \cs_new:Npn \clist_element:nn #1#2 {
>     \int_compare:nNnF {#2} < { 0 }
>       {
>         \clist_element_aux:nw {#2} #1
>           , \q_recursion_tail \q_recursion_stop
>       }
>   }
>   \cs_new:Npn \clist_element_aux:nw #1#2 , #3 {
>     \int_compare:nNnTF {#1} = { 0 }
>       { \use_i_delimit_by_q_recursion_stop:nw {#2} }
>       {
>         \quark_if_recursion_tail_stop:n {#3}
>         \clist_element_aux:nw { #1 - 1 } #3
>       }
>   }

A couple of notes. I've gone for \int_compare:nNn for performance
reasons over \int_compare:n, and I'd probably use the expansion of
\int_eval:n in the 'count' functions, so that it only requires two
expansions to get to the result rather than three.
-- 
Joseph Wright