symbol

function

since v0.0-927

clojure.core/symbol

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Source docstring:

Returns a Symbol with the given namespace and name. Arity-1 works
on strings, keywords, and vars.

(defn symbol
  ([name]
   (cond (symbol? name) name
         (string? name) (let [idx (.indexOf name "/")]
                          (if (< idx 1)
                            (symbol nil name)
                            (symbol (.substring name 0 idx)
                                    (.substring name (inc idx) (. name -length)))))
         (var? name) (.-sym name)
         (keyword? name) (recur (.-fqn name))
         :else (throw (new js/Error "no conversion to symbol"))))
  ([ns name]
   (let [sym-str (if-not (nil? ns)
                   (str ns "/" name)
                   name)]
     (Symbol. ns name sym-str nil nil))))

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