What problem are you trying to solve?

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Mark Bastian <markbast...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to write a simple macro to resolve local symbols and I just
> can't seem to figure out the right invocation. Here are some commands you
> can type/paste in a repl:
>
> (def ONE 1) ;define one
> (def s1 (symbol "ONE")) ;get the symbol
> (eval s1) ;evaluates to 1, no surprise
>
>
> ;My goal is to pass a symbol into a macro or function, have it evaluate to
> its defined value, then use it.
> ;I would like these to happen
> (add-3 s1) ;Should evaluate to 4
> (add-3 (symbol "ONE")) ;Should evaluate to 4
>
> ;The following works, but uses eval, which I am told is less desirable. My
> current understanding is that a macro is the way to go.
> (defn add-three-fn[s](+ 3 (eval s)))
> (add-three-fn (symbol "ONE")) ;4 - it works!
>
> ;Here is one of my failed attempts at a macro version:
> (defmacro add-3 [s] `'(+ 3 ~s)) ;Just puts unevaluated contents in s
>
> I'd post other examples, but I can't even see straight anymore. Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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