clojure.core/short

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Type: function Added: Clojure 1.0 Examples: 2 Runnable: 0

([x])

Coerce to short

Examples

by gstamp on 2010-08-16 . May have evaluation errors. ▶

(class (short 1)) java.lang.Short

by wdhowe on 2020-08-04 . May have evaluation errors. ▶

(short 123) ;;=> 123 (short 1.23) ;;=> 1 (short 1.2345678901234567890) ;;=> 1 (short -1.23) ;;=> -1 ;; Casting a string does not work (short "123") ;;=> Execution error (ClassCastException) at user/eval169 (REPL:1). ;;java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Number ;; Use Java interop instead (Short/parseShort "123") ;;=> 123 ;; Content originally posted by u/didibus on https://clojuredocs.org/clojure.core/num

See also

• clojure.core/int
• clojure.core/byte (0)
• clojure.core/shorts (1)
• clojure.core/short-array
• clojure.core/unchecked-short

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