(ns koans.24-quote (:require [koan-engine.core :refer :all])) (meditations "Wrap a quote around a list to suppress evaluation" (= (quote (1 2 3 4 5)) __) "There is a shortcut too!" (= (quote __) '(1 2 3 4 5)) "You can quote symbols as well as lists... without evaluation!" (= __ (let [age 9] (quote age))) "You can use a literal list as a data collection without having Clojure try to call a function" (= (cons 1 (__ (2 3))) (list 1 2 3) (cons 1 [2 3])) "The quote affects all of its arguments, not just the top level" (= (list 1 __) '(1 (+ 2 3))) "Syntax-quote (`) acts similarly to the normal quote" (= (list __ __ __) `(1 2 3) '(1 2 3)) "Unquote (~) within a syntax-quoted expression lets you mark specific expressions as requiring evaluation" (= (list __ __) `(1 ~(+ 2 3)) '(1 5)))