Try this...
(second (first (filter (comp (partial some #{"rabble"}) val)
players)))
On Dec 10, 2:40 pm, mudphone <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> So, I have a search string, for example "rabble". And a map which
> contains keyword keys, and vectors of strings as values:
>
> (def players
> {
> :amit ["a" "b" "c"]
> :roger ["rabble" "x" "y"]
>
> })
>
> Is there an idiomatic way to search for "rabble" in the vector values,
> then return the keyword that matches it? In this example, "rabble"
> would match :roger. "b" would match :amit.
>
> Currently, I'm doing a "some" which has a predicate function which
> contains another "some" seems awkward to me, but works:
>
> Assuming the search-str has to be transformed in some way (that I'm
> leaving out here), using:
> (defn munge-str [search-str]
> ... returns a string...)
>
> (defn key-from-match [search-str]
> (let [key-of-str? (fn [entry-pair]
> (if (some #(= (munge-str search-str) %)
> (val entry-pair))
> (key entry-pair)))]
> (some key-of-str? (players))
> ))
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Kyle
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