common lisp hashtabe syntax question

[nameless_centurian]

i need to add distinct pairs to a hashtable and associate a value with them.

let's say we have x, y, and z. each of {x,y} {x,z} {y,z} is what i need to store and associate a value with.

i have tried this:

(setf (gethash '('x . 'y) sometable) 1.2)

i have also tried

(setf (gethash '('x  'y) sometable) 1.2)

when i

(gethash '('x . 'y) sometable)

and when i

(gethash '('x 'y) sometable)

the result is the same. i get NIL. do you have any insight?

edit: is it possible that my insertion is inserting a LISP object '('x 'y) into the table and when i search for it with gethash that i am searching for another new LISP object that happens to have the same attributes? is this why i get NIL? if so, how do i step around this?

 

[nameless_centurian]

okay, i finally got it. my hypothesis in my edit was correct, so that means i was using the wrong type of test. the table works now with the creation of the table as such:

(setq sometable (make-hash-table :test 'equalp))

 

[Cobalt2112]

I hated LISP when I was in school.