clojure.contrib.string has take and drop, which do what you want (though you have to ask for exactly one character to emulate first/ rest). However, my understanding is that c.c.string is going away in 1.3, and many of its features will be removed rather than moved, so I don't think you're supposed to use it anymore.
On Dec 8, 11:43 am, Surgo <morgon.kan...@gmail.com> wrote: > To help myself learn Clojure, I figured I would write a pattern > matching / destructing macro to better look like languages I'm more > familiar with; i.e., destructuring by [first|second|rest] instead of > [first second & rest]. To do this I'm turning the aforementioned > vector into a string (via str) and looking for / replacing the | > character. However, this led to the following issue... > > (def test "abc") > (first test)> \a > (rest test) > > (\b \c) > > (string? (rest test)) > > > false > > It would be really helpful if first/rest returned strings (or a > character in the case of first), not lists, when given string input. > Is there a design reason for the current behaviour and, if so, are > there equivalent built-in functions that do the right thing for > strings? -- 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
