The issue is (add1 (add1 [x])) is malformed: you probably mean (add1 (add1 x)).
An addn function could be implemented with iterate: (defn addn [n x] (nth (iterate add1 x) n)) > On Nov 10, 2016, at 06:51, 'Rickesh Bedia' via Clojure > <clojure@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I have this function: > (defn add1 [x] > (+ 1 x)) > which is just a very simple function that adds 1. > > I now want to create a new function called add2 that uses add1 twice. > I have tried > (defn add2 [x] > (add1 (add1 [x])) > but this doesn't work. (Can someone explain why this doesn't work. I think > its maybe I am calling the function incorrectly) > > I have ideas about using recur because I eventually want to create a function > addn where the function takes arguments n and x and calls add1 n times to x > > -- > 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 > <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 > <mailto:clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
