apply

functionsince v0.0-927 clojure.core/applyEdit
(apply f args)
(apply f x args)
(apply f x y args)
(apply f x y z args)
(apply f a b c d & args)

Details:

Applies function f to the argument list formed by prepending intervening arguments to args.


Examples:

(max 1 2 3)
;;=> 3

(apply max [1 2 3])
;;=> 3

(apply max 1 [2 3])
;;=> 3

See Also:


Source docstring:
Applies fn f to the argument list formed by prepending intervening arguments to args.
Source code @ clojurescript:src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs
(defn apply
  ([f args]
   (if (.-cljs$lang$applyTo f)
     (let [fixed-arity (.-cljs$lang$maxFixedArity f)
           bc (bounded-count (inc fixed-arity) args)]
       (if (<= bc fixed-arity)
         (apply-to f bc args)
         (.cljs$lang$applyTo f args)))
     (apply-to-simple f (seq args))))
  ([f x args]
   (if (.-cljs$lang$applyTo f)
     (let [arglist (list* x args)
           fixed-arity (.-cljs$lang$maxFixedArity f)
           bc (inc (bounded-count fixed-arity args))]
       (if (<= bc fixed-arity)
         (apply-to f bc arglist)
         (.cljs$lang$applyTo f arglist)))
     (apply-to-simple f x (seq args))))
  ([f x y args]
   (if (.-cljs$lang$applyTo f)
     (let [arglist (list* x y args)
           fixed-arity (.-cljs$lang$maxFixedArity f)
           bc (+ 2 (bounded-count (dec fixed-arity) args))]
       (if (<= bc fixed-arity)
         (apply-to f bc arglist)
         (.cljs$lang$applyTo f arglist)))
     (apply-to-simple f x y (seq args))))
  ([f x y z args]
   (if (.-cljs$lang$applyTo f)
     (let [arglist (list* x y z args)
           fixed-arity (.-cljs$lang$maxFixedArity f)
           bc (+ 3 (bounded-count (- fixed-arity 2) args))]
       (if (<= bc fixed-arity)
         (apply-to f bc arglist)
         (.cljs$lang$applyTo f arglist)))
     (apply-to-simple f x y z (seq args))))
  ([f a b c d & args]
   (if (.-cljs$lang$applyTo f)
     (let [spread-args (spread args)
           arglist (cons a (cons b (cons c (cons d spread-args))))
           fixed-arity (.-cljs$lang$maxFixedArity f)
           bc (+ 4 (bounded-count (- fixed-arity 3) spread-args))]
       (if (<= bc fixed-arity)
         (apply-to f bc arglist)
         (.cljs$lang$applyTo f arglist)))
     (apply-to-simple f a b c d (spread args)))))