Not sure if the OP will see this thread because I was the one that dig it up since I had a similar problem :)
user=> (apply pr-str (interpose \, (list "jim" "jon" "chris"))) > "\"jim\" \\, \"jon\" \\, \"chris\"" I am not sure if that's correct. I think that the final string should look like this: "\"jim\",\"jon\",\"chris\"" Ryan On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:33:22 AM UTC+3, Jim foo.bar wrote: > > I'm sorry, I've not followed this discussion - what is wrong with > > user=>(apply str (interpose \, (list 1 2 3 4 5))) > "1,2,3,4,5" > > the problem is strings where you want to preserve each string...you can > special case that and avoid the (apply str...) bit.. > user=> (interpose \, (list "jim" "jon" "chris")) > ("jim" \, "jon" \, "chris")... > > once you have that pr-str is your friend... > > =>(apply pr-str (interpose \, (list "jim" "jon" "chris"))) > "\"jim\" \\, \"he\" \\, \"dan\"" > > Is this not exactly what you want and fast enough? > > Jim > > > On 02/04/13 23:49, Max Penet wrote: > > Using a protocol fn to do the encoding of the values according to the > rules you set per type then using clj.string/join should be quite fast and > not so horrible. > > > On Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:18:08 AM UTC+2, andrei wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I work with a database and need a function, that will convert Clojure >> sequence to a string with a comma-separated elements. E.g., >> >> (comma-separated (list 1 2 3 4 5)) ==> "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" >> >> It must work with any data type - ints, strings, other lists, etc. >> E.g. for a list of strings it must generate >> >> (comma-separated (list "1" "2" "3" "4" "5")) ==> "\"1\", \"2\", >> \"3\", \"4\", \"5\"" >> >> I tried `cl-format` function from clojure.contrib.pprint package: >> >> (cl-format nil "~{~S~^, ~}" lst) >> >> It works fine, but is too slow. Next, I tried such function: >> >> (defn comma-separated [s] >> (if (= (type (first s)) String) >> (chop (chop (chop (str "\" (apply str (interleave s >> (repeatedly (fn [] "\", \""))))))) >> (chop (chop (apply str (interleave s (repeatedly (fn [] ", >> "))))))))) >> >> This one works much faster (~20 times), but it is ugly and still >> doesn't cover all cases. >> >> So, what is the fastest way to generate such list? > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.