user=> (def x [1 2 3 4 5]) #'user/x user=> x [1 2 3 4 5] ;; Turn that data into a string... user=> (pr-str x) "[1 2 3 4 5]" ;; ...and turn that string back into data! user=> (read-string (pr-str x)) [1 2 3 4 5]
;; you can think of pr-str as the inverse of read-string ;; turn string into symbols user=> (read-string "(a b foo :bar)") (a b foo :bar) ;;turn symbols into a string user=> (pr-str '(a b foo :bar)) "(a b foo :bar)"
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clojure/core.clj:3694
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(defn pr-str
"pr to a string, returning it"
{:tag String
:added "1.0"}
[& xs]
(with-out-str
(apply pr xs)))
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