Roelof Wobben <rwob...@hotmail.com> writes: > So if I understand everything well when I want true or false I do not > need a if.
No, when the last form of your function already returns true or false, e.g., (< 12 age 20), then you don't need to wrap that in an `if` which checks if the result is true to return true, or return false otherwise. I mean, in a Java/C/Pascal/whatever-like language, you also wouldn't write boolean teen(age) { if (age > 12 && age < 20) { return true; } else { return false; } } but simply boolean teen(age) { return age > 12 && age < 20; } because the <, >, and && operators already result in booleans, right? > In all other cases I need a if. You always need an `if` if the value you want to return is not identical with the value of the test expression. > Regarding the ; I thought I was a divider between the then and the > else Lisps have no need for syntactical irregularities like that. Bye, Tassilo -- 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/d/optout.