alist is missing parens around the fn, so it's really a list of 4 elements like so:
(1, fn, [x y], (+ x y)) So (second alist) returns just the symbol 'fn. And when you apply a Symbol to a list, the result is the last item in the list (not sure why). To do what you want, alist should be defined like this: (def alist '(1 (fn [x y] (+ x y)))) Also, it seems that the definition of the function needs to be eval'ed first to become an apply-able function. The following returns 4 in my REPL: (apply (eval (second alist)) '(1 3)) -- 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
