There's no need to avoid `apply` altogether, IMO. You could do something like this:
(let [raw (list :a 1 :b 2 :c 3)] (into {:raw raw} (filter (comp even? second) (apply hash-map raw)))) BTW, `list` is pretty uncommon. Usually you'd just use a vector literal. And this is the right place to ask! > On May 12, 2016, at 00:46, hiskennyness <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This does what I want but feels nooby-ish, as in "in a month I will do this > without APPLY": > > (let [raw (list :a 1 :b 2 :c 3)] > (apply assoc {} > :raw raw > (apply concat > (filter #(even? (second %)) > (apply hash-map raw))))) > ;; => {:raw (:a 1 :b 2 :c 3), :b 2} > > Am I being too hard on myself? > > Meta question: is there a better place to ask such questions? > > -kt > > -- > 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.