What about: {:fullname (get result 0), :lastname (get result 1), :firstname (get result 2), :middlename (get result 3)}
If the "get" function can't find a result, it returns nil. - James On 1 June 2014 17:09, Glen Rubin <rubing...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am doing some text processing using clojure and attempting to extract a > person's name by regex and then assign it to a map. The result I get takes > one of several forms: > > nil (if i can't find the name) > > [fullname] > > [fullname lastname] > > [fullname lastname firstname] > > [fullname lastname firstname middlename] > > now, basically want to assign these entries to a map like so {:fullname > "some name", :lastname "some name", etc...} > > if there is no entry than I would like to assign it as nil, e.g. > {:fullname nil, lastname nil, etc...} > > I want to code this in the most proper way. I am thinking I need to > define a function that works differently based on how long the vector is? > How do I turn the contents of the vector into function arguments? > > Thanks! > > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.