(name :foo) will return the name as a string
(symbol (name :foo)) Converts the name of the keyword to a symbol On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Cecil Westerhof <cldwester...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-07-09 17:18 GMT+02:00 Thomas Heller <th.hel...@gmail.com>: > > Oh and its rare (outside of macros) to use symbols like that. Usually >> you'd use keywords. >> >> (def object-locations >> {:whiskey :living-room}) >> > > It is from 'Land of Lisp'. The symbols are printed. Or is it possible to > print the keyword without the :? > > > >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Thomas Heller <th.hel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Short and simple answer: NullPointerException >>> >>> (def object-locations nil) >>> >>> (object-locations 'bucket) will throw >>> ('bucket object-locations) => nil >>> >>> HTH, >>> /thomas >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3:48:53 PM UTC+2, Cecil Westerhof wrote: >>>> >>>> When you have: >>>> (def object-locations { >>>> 'whiskey 'living-room >>>> 'bucket 'living-room >>>> 'chain 'garden >>>> 'frog 'garden >>>> 'dummy 'nowhere >>>> 'test 'nowhere >>>> }) >>>> >>>> You can retrieve the location of the bucket with: >>>> (object-locations 'bucket) >>>> and with: >>>> ('bucket object-locations) >>>> >>>> Personally I find the first better, but ‘Clojure Programming' uses the >>>> second possibility. What is the better way and why? >>>> >>> > -- > Cecil Westerhof > > -- > 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. > -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- 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.