some

function

since v0.0-927

clojure.core/some

(some pred coll)

Details:

Returns the first logical true value of (pred x) for any x in coll, else nil.

A common idiom is to use a set as pred, for example this will return :fred if :fred is in the sequence, otherwise nil: (some #{:fred} coll)

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Source docstring:

Returns the first logical true value of (pred x) for any x in coll,
else nil.  One common idiom is to use a set as pred, for example
this will return :fred if :fred is in the sequence, otherwise nil:
(some #{:fred} coll)

Source code @ clojurescript:src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs

(defn some
  [pred coll]
  (when-let [s (seq coll)]
    (or (pred (first s)) (recur pred (next s)))))