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intern

Finds or creates a var named by the symbol name in the namespace
ns (which can be a symbol or a namespace), setting its root binding
to val if supplied. The namespace must exist. The var will adopt any
metadata from the name symbol. Returns the var.

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```
user=> (intern 'user 'x "Foobar")
#'user/x

user=> x
"Foobar"
```
user=> (intern 'user 'x "Foobar") #'user/x user=> x "Foobar"

Source clojure/core.clj:5057 top

(defn intern
  "Finds or creates a var named by the symbol name in the namespace
  ns (which can be a symbol or a namespace), setting its root binding
  to val if supplied. The namespace must exist. The var will adopt any
  metadata from the name symbol.  Returns the var."
  {:added "1.0"}
  ([ns ^clojure.lang.Symbol name]
     (let [v (clojure.lang.Var/intern (the-ns ns) name)]
       (when (meta name) (.setMeta v (meta name)))
       v))
  ([ns name val]
     (let [v (clojure.lang.Var/intern (the-ns ns) name val)]
       (when (meta name) (.setMeta v (meta name)))
       v)))

Vars in clojure.core/intern: defn let meta name when

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