Spit and Slurp Vector in Clojure

Question

I try to splash a vector like [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]] into the file and then slurp it, but when I cheat it, I get a string, not a vector. Even if I evaluate the string that I get, it still gives the string. I tried using (vectors slurpt-string), but it gives one element vector containing a string. Any comments?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

clojure.core / read-string

(spit "foo" [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]])

(slurp "foo") ; "[[1 2 3] [4 5 6]]"

(read-string *1) ; [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]]

(type *1) ; clojure.lang.PersistentVector

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(read-string "[[1 2 3] [4 5 6]]")