On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
Sean <stanleyzhang2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Clojure. This is also my first time posting here.
> When I use REPL and print something out, I always get a nil printed.
> For example, (print "Clojure"), I got: clojurenil. Where does the nil
> come from?
REPL stands for "Read Eval Print Loop". It reads an expression,
evaluates it, then prints that value. The value of (print "Clojure")
is nil, and that's what the REPL prints. Try these two:
(do (print "Clojure") 1)
(identity "Clojure")
and compare the results.
<mike
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