What is the count method in Clojure strings?
Overview
In Clojure, count is a built-in function used to count the number of characters in a string.
A string is a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks. One of the functions that can be used with strings is the count function.
Syntax
(count svariable)
Parameter
This method accepts one parameter, svariable, which represents the string variable.
Return value
This method returns the number of characters in a string.
Example
(ns clojure.examples.hello(:gen-class))(defn example [](println (count "Educative")))(example)
Explanation
- Line 3: We create a function,
example.
- Line 4: Inside the function
example, we use thecountmethod to count the number of characters in the "Educative" string. Next, we print the output usingprintln.
- Line 5: We call the
examplefunction we created.