(define filter-in
(lambda (predicate list)
(let((f
(lambda (l)
(filter-in-sexpr predicate l))))
(map f list))))
(define filter-in-aux
(lambda (pred lst)
(if (null? lst) '()
(cons (filter-in-sexpr pred (car lst))
(filter-in-aux pred (cdr lst))))))
(define filter-in-sexpr
(lambda (pred sexpr)
(if (equal? (pred sexpr) #t)
sexpr
'())))
Calling (filter-in number? ’(a 2 (1 3) b 7)) produces ( () 2 () () 7).
How I can skip null elements from the generated list to get final outcome of (2 7) ?
The problem is that you're mapping filter-in-sxpr over the list. You can either run another filter pass to remove the nulls, or use a modified filter-in-aux like this:
(define filter-in-aux
(lambda (pred lst)
(if (null? lst) '()
(let ((h (filter-in-sexpr pred (car lst)))
(t (filter-in-aux pred (cdr lst))))
(if (null? h) t
(cons h t))))))