How about a macro like this?
--
(defmacro my-case [e & clauses]
`(condp = ~e
~...@clauses))
--
(defn panda-3 [x]
(my-case (type x)
java.lang.String "HELLZ YEAH IT'S A STRING!"
java.lang.Integer "it's an integer..."))
--
I'll just stick with condp though. Thanks David.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:45 AM, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Stephen Pardue
>> <pardue.step...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > (defn panda [x]
>> > (case (type x)
>> > java.lang.String "HELLZ YEAH IT'S A STRING!"
>> > java.lang.Integer "it's an integer.."))
>>
>> Since (type x) returns a Class object, you could do this:
>>
>> user=> (defn panda[x] (case (.getName (type x))
>> "java.lang.String" "HELLZ YEAH IT'S A STRING!"
>> "java.lang.Integer" "it's an integer.."))
>> #'user/panda
>> user=> (panda 6)
>> "it's an integer.."
>> user=> (panda "apple")
>> "HELLZ YEAH IT'S A STRING!"
>> user=>
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>>
>> "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive."
>> -- Margaret Atwood
>
>
> But of course that will use reflection which probably defeats the purpose
> of using case which dispatches very quickly.
>
> David
>
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