Here are a few thoughts. This algorithm sounds like a fold, i.e. a reduction. You're iterating over a sequence while accumulating into a collection. A collection of collections, in this case.
You're starting value for the fold might be this: {:first {}, :second {}} You're reducing function would consume each line, adding it into the above map of maps. Updating the map-of-maps might be done through something like update or update-in: (update-in maps [:first] add-by-key-and-value line) Here add-by-key-and-value is a function that I've left undefined. It takes a single map and a line and adds that line by key and value. (Since the definition of key and value were omitted from the example, I've delegated them to said function.) Hence, the whole thing might look like this (untested!): (defn _______ [lines] (let [rf (fn [maps line] (condp re-matches line #"some-regex" (update-in maps [:first] add-by-key-and-value line) #"another-regex" (update-in maps [:second] add-by-key-and-value key line)))] (reduce rf {:first {}, :second {}} lines))) P.S. I'm using update-in here a bit unnecessarily. update would work perfectly fine, but I thought it would be better to show you the general form which can update maps to any depth. -- 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.