2.4. Defining Global Functions in Lisp

Our guess-my-number game has the computer respond to the player’s request to start the game, and then to requests for either smaller or bigger guesses. For these, we need to define three global functions: guess-my-number, smaller, and bigger. We’ll also define a function to start over with a different number, called start-over. In Common Lisp, functions are defined with defun, like this:

(defun function_name (arguments)
  ...)