The hash map you posted has the value of [octavia] under the key :authors, and that's what printed out. The repl doesnt inline the variable name, instead it prints out the literal value.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Roelof Wobben <rwob...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Op maandag 27 oktober 2014 16:07:15 UTC+1 schreef Gary Verhaegen: >> >> On Monday, 27 October 2014, Roelof Wobben <rwo...@hotmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Now Im complete confused. I never succeed in reading the value of authors >>> so I can do the set command. >>> >>> Roelof >>> >> >> And now you're kind of confusing me. What makes you think you do not read >> the value of authors? What did you expect instead of what you got? >> > I expected the outcome : *octavia* > but I see the output : [{:death-year 2006, :name " > Octavia E. Butler", :birth-year 1947}] > Roelof > -- > 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. -- 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.