It’s probably fine to do a linear search with .indexOf for small vectors, but I’ll just say as a matter of style I prefer to use a couple of maps to hold previous and next items. The maps are callable like functions, which I think reads very nicely. Using your example data for ranks:
;; helper functions (defn prev-map [coll] (zipmap (rest coll) coll)) (defn next-map [coll] (zipmap coll (rest coll))) (def ranks [:private :corporal :sergeant :lieutenant :captain :major :colonel :general]) (def previous-rank (prev-map ranks)) (def next-rank (next-map ranks)) (next-rank :corporal) ;=> :sergeant Perhaps, in your example with promotions you'd want the end items to stick rather than return nil for the overflow cases. (In other situations, you might want to wrap around.) (defn bounded-prev-map [coll] (assoc (zipmap (rest coll) coll) (first coll) (first coll))) (defn bounded-next-map [coll] (let [lst (if (vector? coll) (peek coll) (last coll))] (assoc (zipmap coll (rest coll)) lst lst))) Just a suggestion. > On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Daniel Hinojosa <dh.evolutionn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > This example works, but it still has the feel of a lot of duplication, are > there any refactorings that I can do to this to make it more concise? > > https://github.com/dhinojosa/language-matrix/blob/master/clojure/protocols/protocols.clj -- 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.