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1.3.0

def

clojure.core

Please see http://clojure.org/special_forms#def

© Rich Hickey. All rights reserved. Eclipse Public License 1.0

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```
user=> (def my-val 5)
#'user/my-val
user=> my-val
5
```
user=> (def my-val 5) #'user/my-val user=> my-val 5
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```
user=> (def my-function (fn [x] (* x x x)))
#'user/my-function
user=> (my-function 4)
64
```
user=> (def my-function (fn [x] (* x x x))) #'user/my-function user=> (my-function 4) 64
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```
;; This is an example of setting a docstring during a def in 
;; Clojure 1.2.  In 1.3, def takes an optional docstring directly.

user> (def ^{:doc "The nuge rocks"} ted-nugent)
#'user/ted-nugent
user> (doc ted-nugent)
-------------------------
user/ted-nugent
nil
  The nuge rocks
```
;; This is an example of setting a docstring during a def in ;; Clojure 1.2. In 1.3, def takes an optional docstring directly. user> (def ^{:doc "The nuge rocks"} ted-nugent) #'user/ted-nugent user> (doc ted-nugent) ------------------------- user/ted-nugent nil The nuge rocks
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;; give function another name
user=> (def sys-map map)
;; give macro another name
user=> (def #^{:macro true} sys-loop #'loop)
```
;; give function another name user=> (def sys-map map) ;; give macro another name user=> (def #^{:macro true} sys-loop #'loop)

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clojure.core/defn
Same as (def name (fn [params* ] exprs*)) or (def name (fn ([para
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clojure.core/fn
(fn name? [params* ] exprs*) (fn name? ([params* ] exprs*)+) par
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clojure.core/defmacro
Like defn, but the resulting function name is declared as a macro a
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clojure.core/defmulti
Creates a new multimethod with the associated dispatch function. Th

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