clojure call function with result of itself in a loop

Question

Is there a clojure function that can be called in a loop with feeding it with the result of the previous call?

Pseudo-code might be look like this:

currentValue = firstValue;
while (endNotYetReached(currentValue)) {
  currentValue = myFunction(currentValue);
}

Thank you for every answer!

kongeor · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14 16:05:07Z

5

You can use iterate, which returns an infinite lazy sequence, from which you can take, drop, etc:

=> (take 3 (iterate inc 5))
(5 6 7)

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 16:05

kongeor

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That's what I searched for. Thank you very much!