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      clojure.core

      Available since 1.0 (source)
      • (namespace x)
      Returns the namespace String of a symbol or keyword, or nil if not present.
      © Rich Hickey. All rights reserved. Eclipse Public License 1.0
      2 Examples
      user=> (def x "Foobar")
#'user/x

user=> (namespace 'user/x)
"user"

      (namespace :admin/live-playlist-details)
;;=> "admin"

(namespace :about)
;;=> nil
      See Also
      clojure.core/ns

      Sets *ns* to the namespace named by name (unevaluated), creating it if needed. references can be ...

      Added by boxie
      clojure.core/name

      Returns the name String of a string, symbol or keyword.

      Added by abrooks
      clojure.core/def

      Creates and interns or locates a global var with the name of symbol and a namespace of the value of ...

      Added by delonnewman
      1 Note
        By , created 9.5 years ago, updated 9.5 years ago

        Note this does not try to be "smart"

        user=>(namespace 'no-such-name/no-such-var)
"no-such-name"

user=>(def a-var)
#'user-a-var

user=>(namespace 'a-var)
nil