clojure.core/var-set

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

([x val])

Sets the value in the var object to val. The var must be thread-locally bound.

Examples

by Dimagog on 2015-02-09 . May have evaluation errors. ▶

(with-local-vars [x 1] (println @x) (var-set x 2) (println @x)) ;;=> 1 ;;=> 2

by tomdl89 on 2023-12-03 ▶

;; This can also be used with `binding`… (def ^:dynamic *foo* 42) *foo* ;; => 42 (binding [*foo* 43] (print *foo*) (var-set #'*foo* 44) *foo*) ;; 43 ;; => 44 *foo* ;; => 42

See also

• clojure.core/with-local-vars (0)
• clojure.core/var-get (1)
• clojure.core/binding (2)

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