Question

I wanna get the string representation of a variable. For example,

(def my-var {})

How to get the string "my-var" from symbol my-var? And

(defn my-fun [] ...)

How to get the string "my-fun" from function my-fun?

Answer 1

user=> (def my-var {})
#'user/my-var
user=> (defn my-fun [] )
#'user/my-fun
user=> (name 'my-var)
"my-var"
user=> (name 'my-fun)
"my-fun"
user=> (doc name)
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clojure.core/name
([x])
  Returns the name String of a string, symbol or keyword.
nil