Thanks guys!  I knew I could 'count' on you ;-)

Chouser wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Peter Wolf <opus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> How do I get the length of a sequence?  Is there some generic way to
>> find the number of elements in something that might be list, map, vector
>> or lazy?
>>     
>
> user=> (doc count)
> -------------------------
> clojure.core/count
> ([coll])
>   Returns the number of items in the collection. (count nil) returns
>   0.  Also works on strings, arrays, and Java Collections and Maps
>
> Note how the name and docs both cleverly avoid use of the words "size"
> or "length", to help the function remain undiscovered by searches
> through the source code and by uses of find-doc.
>
> --Chouser
>
> >
>
>   


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