I see I misunderstood the question, sorry about that. What you want is a macro:
(defmacro string-maker [string-name the-string] `(def ~(symbol string-name) ~the-string)) Jonathan On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Giancarlo Angulo <igan.l...@gmail.com>wrote: > Please look at this: > http://clojure.org/data_structures > see maps. > ================================ > Giancarlo Angulo > ================================ > -----|-^_^X@^_^,=====|+^_^X~_~@----- > ================================ > > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Tuba Lambanog <tuba.lamba...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello, >> Total noobie here. I'm trying to create a sort of a string maker >> function. Something like: >> >> (defn string-maker [string-name the-string] >> (def string-name (str the-string))) >> >> so that I can call the function like so: >> >> (string-maker "friend" "Peter") >> >> which I expect to give me the variable: friend >> with the value: Peter >> >> But alas, no luck. Can anybody point me in the right direction? >> Thanks! >> tuba >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
