harshadsabne
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11 years ago @mindplay-dk : Following examples already nicely explained in the tutorial by @Raynes :+1: are lists:
(+ 3 3) // A list containing an operator and then operands. (/ 10 3) // A list containing an operator and then operands. (defn square [x] (* x x) ) //A "square" function that takes a single number and squares it. This entire defn block is a list. Here [x] is a vector while (* x x) is a list.
Coming back to your question: 1) NO, Vectors and Lists are not the same. 2) Both "Vectos" and "Lists" belong to Clojure "Collections" and all Clojure collections are immutable and persistent.
About Lists: 1) Lists are used for sequential processing of data items. 2) Lists are linked-list data structures. 3) (class '(1 2 3)); => clojure.lang.PersistentList
About Vectors: 1) Vectos are indexed by contiguous integers, meaning you can access vector items by index. 2) Vectors are array based. 3) (class [1 2 3]); => clojure.lang.PersistentVector
Hope this helps :)
At one point in the tutorial, it states "Vectors and lists are sequential and ordered collections" - but the preceding example does not show anything called "lists", just vectors, maps and sets.
Maybe vectors and lists are the same thing? I don't know Clojure yet.