Question

Is there an equivalent for Java’s switch construct in Clojure? If yes, what is it? If no, do we have to use if else ladder to achieve it?

Answer 1

Try the case macro:

(case (+ 2 3)
  6 "error"
  5 "ok")

or with default value

(case (+ 2 3)
  5 "ok"
  "error")

Remember that according to the documentation

The test-constants are not evaluated. They must be compile-time literals, and need not be quoted. (…)

See more examples at ClojureDocs.