> > But I have two translation problems, I want to pose before going to > sleep (its pitch dark in Europe :). First the easy one: > > Common Lisp > (defun describe-path (path) > `(there is a ,(second path) going ,(first path) from here.)) > > My Clojure version, I use a map: > (defn describe-path [path] > (let [what (path :kind) where (path :direction)] > (concat '(there is a) (list what) '(going) (list where) '(from > here.)))) > > Thats much less elegant. Is there a nicer way? >
It looks like you really want a formated string (concat returns a sequence not a string). You could use: (defn describe-path [path] (format "this is a, %s, going, %s, from here" (path :kind) (path :direction))) -- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brian Schlining -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.