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Ruby-like string interpolation in Clojure
; Ruby has an awesome feature -- string interpolation. Read about it on the internet.
; On the other hand, Clojure only has cumbersome Java string formatting, which can not be
; used without pain after you've tried Ruby.
; So here's this simple macro that basically allows you to do most things you could do
; with Ruby string interpolation in Clojure.
(ns eis.stuff
(:require [clojure.string]))
(defmacro fmt [^String string]
(let [-re #"#\{(.*?)\}"
fstr (clojure.string/replace string -re "%s")
fargs (map #(read-string (second %)) (re-seq -re string))]
`(format ~fstr ~@fargs)))
;; test the macro
(def name "Mister")
(def surname "Metaphor")
(def seq [1 2 3])
(println (fmt "Hello #{name} #{(clojure.string/join \" \" surname)}!"))
(println (fmt "Frist element of #{seq} is #{(first seq)}!"))
@djhworld
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At least you have an understanding on how it's done!

Where is that macro in the realms of the new contrib which is now modular?

@blacktaxi
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No, my mistake, it's the same macro from old contrib.

@ertugrulcetin
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that's why I love this language :)

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