clojure.core/namespace

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Type: function Added: Clojure 1.0 Examples: 2 Runnable: 1

([x])

Returns the namespace String of a symbol or keyword, or nil if not present.

Examples

by Miles on 2010-09-12 . May have evaluation errors. ▶

(def x "Foobar") #'user/x (namespace 'user/x) "user"

by dominem on 2019-08-09 ▶

(namespace :admin/live-playlist-details) ;;=> "admin" (namespace :about) ;;=> nil

Note by merriam

Note this does not try to be "smart"

user=>(namespace 'no-such-name/no-such-var)
"no-such-name"

user=>(def a-var)
#'user-a-var

user=>(namespace 'a-var)
nil

See also

• clojure.core/ns (3)
• clojure.core/name (4)
• clojure.core/def (4)

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