Learning Exercise
Clojure's sequential destructuring syntax is a concise way to extract values from a vector and assign them to distinct variables.
In this example, each value in the number-of-moons vector is assigned to its corresponding planet:
(def number-of-moons [0 2 14])
(let [[venus mars neptune] number-of-moons]
neptune)
;=> 14
Elyse, magician-to-be, continues her training. She has a deck of cards she wants to manipulate.
To make things easier, she usually only starts with cards numbered 1 to 10, although some of the tricks may involve additional cards.
Elyse will summon the first card in the deck, without using its index or first. It's just like magic.
(def deck [5 9 7 1 8])
(first-card deck)
;=> 5
Elyse performs sleight of hand, and summons the second card in the deck, without using its index or second.
(def deck [3 2 10 6 7])
(second-card deck)
;=> 2
Elyse will make the top two cards of the deck switch places.
(def deck [10 7 3 8 5])
(swap-top-two-cards deck)
;=> [7 10 3 8 5]
Elyse will separate the deck into two piles. The first pile will contain only the top card of the original deck, while the second pile will contain all the other cards.
(def deck [2 5 4 9 3])
(discard-top-card deck)
;=> [2 [5 4 9 3]]
Elyse will insert a set of face cards (i.e. jack, queen, and king) into her deck such that they become the second, third, and fourth cards respectively.
(def deck [5 4 7 10])
(insert-face-cards deck)
;=> [5 "jack" "queen" "king" 4 7 10]
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