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"Vectors and lists" - wording in tutorial #33
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@mindplay-dk : Following examples already nicely explained in the tutorial by @Raynes 👍 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:
- NO, Vectors and Lists are not the same.
- Both "Vectos" and "Lists" belong to Clojure "Collections" and all Clojure collections are immutable and persistent.
About Lists:
- Lists are used for sequential processing of data items.
- Lists are linked-list data structures.
- (class '(1 2 3)); => clojure.lang.PersistentList
About Vectors:
- Vectos are indexed by contiguous integers, meaning you can access vector items by index.
- Vectors are array based.
- (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.