Nope, the exercise I stated this :  

(old-book->new-book {:title "Wild Seed", :authors [octavia]})


See exercise 22 on this page : 
http://iloveponies.github.io/120-hour-epic-sax-marathon/structured-data.html#exercise-22

Roelof


Op maandag 27 oktober 2014 14:52:23 UTC+1 schreef Colin Yates:

> (get book :authors) is saying "return the value of the ":authors" key in 
> the "book" map. You provided {:title... :authors [octavia]} as the "book" 
> map, the value of "authors" being a vector with a single element. That 
> single element being "{:name "Octavia E. Butler"
>
>               :birth-year 1947
>               :death-year 2006}"
>
>
> In other words, it is all working correctly.
>
>
> Did you mean (old-book->new-book {:title "Wild Seed", :authors (:name 
> octavia)}) ?
>
>
>
> On Monday, 27 October 2014 13:45:45 UTC, Roelof Wobben wrote:
>>
>> Hello, 
>>
>> I have this "facts". 
>>
>> (def octavia {:name "Octavia E. Butler"
>>               :birth-year 1947
>>               :death-year 2006})
>>
>>
>> (def wild-seed {:title "Wild Seed", :authors [octavia]})
>>
>>
>>
>> So I thought when I do this : 
>>
>>
>> (defn old-book->new-book [book]
>>    (get book :authors))
>>
>>
>> (old-book->new-book {:title "Wild Seed", :authors [octavia]}) 
>>
>>
>> I see this output :  [{:death-year 2006, :name "Octavia E. Butler", 
>> :birth-year 1947}]      
>>
>> where I expected it to be octavia or octavia E. Butler  
>>
>>
>> Can someone explain why I see the wrong output ?
>>
>>
>> Roelof
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> But I see this output : 
>>
>>

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