Does new-user-entry include a "username" entry that points to nil? get only uses default value if the key is not present:
user=> (get {:x nil} :x :not-found) nil user=> (get {:x nil} :y :not-found) :not-found user=> (or (get {:x nil} :x) :not-found) :not-found user=> On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:11 AM, larry google groups <lawrencecloj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have some Javascript on a website that pings my Clojure app. My app adds in > the user info like this: > > (defn add-to-logged-in-registry [this-users-params] > "We assume some user is looking at a site such as wpquestions.com and the > Javascript on that site is sending an Ajax request to this app, every 10 > seconds, with a map of information about the user, which we need to store in > the registry." > (let [right-now (. (Date.) getTime) > new-user-entry (conj this-users-params { "updated" right-now })] > (swap! registry (fn [map-of-user-maps] > (assoc (assoc map-of-user-maps (get new-user-entry > "username" "anonymous") {}) (get new-user-entry "username" "anonymous") > new-user-entry))))) > > I wanted to get a map inside of a map like this: > > {:lawrence {:last_name "Krubner", :image "ziggy_stardust.jpg", :username > "lawrence", :first_name "Lawrence", "updated" 1350568598742}} > > instead I get: > > {nil {:last_name "Krubner", :image "ziggy_stardust.jpg", :username > "lawrence", :first_name "Lawrence", "updated" 1350568598742}} > > How can I get the username as the top level key, instead of "nil"? > > > > -- > 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 -- 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