Never mind. I think I needed to make this a macro instead of a
function like this:

(defmacro get-output [fn]
  `(let [sw# (StringWriter.)]
    (binding [*out* sw#] ~fn)
    (.toString sw#)))

On Mar 22, 9:34 am, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't figure out why this function seems to work, but also produces
> a NullPointerException.
>
> (defn get-output [fn]
>   (let [sw (StringWriter.)]
>     (binding [*out* sw] (fn))
>     (.toString sw)))
>
> (get-output (println "foo"))
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