List to String

Ok,

This is probably kinda stupid, but I'm just trying to fill in the holes in my knowledge of LISP.

But if I have a variable which contains a list, say:

(setq a (list 1 2 3))

How would I show the contents of "a" as an alert?

i.e.

(alert a)

I know its probably a pretty silly question, but I think my mind is going blank today...

(alert (vl-princ-to-string a))

to make it more general, you can have a subroutine

(defun alert-i (wz)

(alert (vl-princ-to-string wz)))

also:

(alert (apply 'strcat

(mapcar '(lambda (x)

(strcat "\n "

(vl-princ-to-string x))) a)))

Ahh thanks Wizman, much appreciated.

youre welcome, glad to help lee, happy new year too....:-)