; your code goes here
(defun board ()
"position of T: i=0 e j=9"
  '(
  ;; 0  1  2  3  4  5 6  7  8  9
    (96 25 54 89 21 8 36 14 41 T) ;; 0
    (78 47 56 23 5 NIL 13 12 26 60) ;; 1
    (0 27 17 83 34 93 74 52 45 80) ;; 2
    (69 9 77 95 55 39 91 73 57 30) ;; 3
    (24 15 22 86 1 11 68 79 76 72) ;; 4
    (81 48 32 2 64 16 50 37 29 71) ;; 5
    (99 51 6 18 53 28 7 63 10 88) ;; 6
    (59 42 46 85 90 75 87 43 20 31) ;; 7
    (3 61 58 44 65 82 19 4 35 62) ;; 8
    (33 70 84 40 66 38 92 67 98 97);; 9
    )
)
    
(defun my-position (elm tree &optional (start 0))
  "find the generalized position of elm inside tree.
   Parameters: elm - element to be found
               tree - a list of atoms and lists in which to search the element
               start - the tentative position"      
  (cond ((null tree) nil)       ; element not present => nil
        ((atom (first tree))    ; if the first element is an atom, then
         (if (eql elm (first tree)) ; if equal to element, found
             (list start)           ; return position start
             ;; otherwise, recur on rest of list incrementing the tentative position
             (my-position elm (rest tree) (1+ start))))
        ;; otherwise, the first element is a list,
        ;; try to find it inside, with a recursive call
        (t (let ((pos (my-position elm (first tree) 0)))
             (if pos ; if not nil the element has been found
                 (cons start pos) ; return the current position followed by the position inside the list
                 ; otherwise recur on rest of list incrementing the tentative position
                 (my-position elm (rest tree) (1+ start)))))))
                 
                 
 (defun find-T-position (board)
    (my-position 'T board))   
         
(defun show-board (board)
	(format T "~%")
	(mapcar (lambda (x) (format T "	~A ~%" x)) board)
	(format nil "")
)

;;test
(show-board (board));; show board

(print "Position of T is:") 
(print (find-T-position (board)));; show position of T in list
