You're basically building a tree. I find clojure.walk or clojure.zip are helpful for applying changes to a tree of maps like this.
On Jul 27, 10:15 pm, semperos <[email protected]> wrote: > Darn tabbing...apologies for the previous post. > > Here's my full question: > > I have a map of maps, arbitrarily nested. Every individual map has a > key/value entry that acts as a unique identifier for that map. I need to be > able to write a function that, given the whole map of maps and the value of > that unique ID, can dissoc the map with that unique ID. > > I feel like I'm missing something basic. I'm aware of things like assoc-in > and update-in for dealing with nested structures, but those require knowing > the structure ahead of time. I need to be able to pass in a unique ID which > could be at any level of maps within the map and dissoc it once it's > "found." > > My question: Is there a method or approach using plain Clojure maps that's > eluding me? If not and this requires some kind of searching, is there a > better data structure to use? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
