On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 18:26, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <apg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:34 AM, faenvie <fanny.aen...@gmx.de> wrote: >> hi clojure-users, >> >> i wonder what the reason is, that clojure(-reader) >> does not allow >> >> 1. multiline-strings like scala: >> >> """this is a >> | multiline string""" > > Yes. It does, if you plug this into your repl ( > > user=> (use '[clojure.contrib.str-utils2 :only [split-lines join]]) > user=> (defn ml-str > "Scala style multiline string" > [s] > (let [l (split-lines s)] > (join "\n" (map (fn [b] > (let [i (.indexOf b "|")] > (if (> i 0) > (.substring b (inc i)) > b))) l)))) > #'user/ml-str > user=> (ml-str "Hello Wo > |the margin will > |be deleted as per > |the request of scala > |users") > "Hello World\nthe margin will\nbe deleted as per\nthe request of scala > \nusers" > user=>
this, and my earlier rhetorical question about having this kind of thing as a macro as produced: http://gist.github.com/527621 // Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
