Thanks for the notes Meikel, i'm a clojure newbie so this sort of
advice in invaluable to me!

On 8 Jan., 16:00, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Jan 8, 3:10 pm, tristan <tristan.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been working on a problem where I want the user to be able to
> > input an equation in infix notation which includes variables and
> > convert that to a clojure fn that my program can call later.
>
> You need to construct the form of the function explicitely and call
> eval on that. (Why is already explained by Laurent)
>
> (defn create-user-function
>   [inputs body]
>   (eval `(fn ~inputs ~...@body)))
>
> (apply create-user-function (parse input))
>
> Random notes:
> 1. You may want to use vectors w/ conj and peek instead of lists w/
> reverse and first.
> 2. Please don't write macros with "(list 'foo (vec bar) baz)". Always
> use syntax-quote aka `
>
> Sincerely
> Meikel
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