Question

I am trying to create a clojure macro that converts an entered symbol to a string. However, when I do this:

(defmacro convert-to-string [something]
  `(call-converted "~something")
  )

(macroexpand '(convert-to-string convert-this))

: I get :

(call-converted "~something")

: instead of :

(call-converted "~convert-this")

: does anyone show me how I could do this?

Answer 1

You might consider using keywords (or quoted symbols) and a function, rather than a macro:

(defn convert-to-string [x] (call-converted (name x)))
(convert-to-string :foo)
(convert-to-string 'foo)

If you really want a macro:

(defmacro convert-to-string [x] `(call-converted ~(name x)))
(macroexpand-1 '(convert-to-string foo))
=> (user/call-converted "foo")