Clojure - Maps get

Returns the value mapped to key, not-found or nil if key is not present.

Syntax

Following is the syntax.

(get hmap key)

Parameters − ‘hmap’ is the map of hash keys and values. ‘key’ is the key for which the value needs to be returned.

Return Value − Returns the value of the key passed to the get function.

Example

Following is an example of get in Clojure.

(ns clojure.examples.example
   (:gen-class))
(defn example []
   (def demokeys (hash-map "z" "1" "b" "2" "a" "3"))
   (println demokeys)
   (println (get demokeys "b")))
(example)

Output

The above code produces the following output.

{z 1, b 2, a 3}
2