list is a structure used to store a collection of data items. in clojure, the list implements the iseq interface. lists are created in clojure by using the list function.

example

following is an example of creating a list of numbers in clojure.

(ns clojure.examples.example
   (:gen-class))
(defn example []
   (println (list 1 2 3 4)))
(example)

output

the above code produces the following output.

(1 2 3 4)

following is an example of creating a list of characters in clojure.

(ns clojure.examples.example
   (:gen-class))
(defn example []
   (println (list 'a 'b 'c 'd)))
(example)

the above code produces the following output.

(a b c d)

following are the list methods available in clojure.

sr.no.	lists & description
1	list* creates a new list containing the items prepended to the rest, the last of which will be treated as a sequence.
2	first this function returns the first item in the list.
3	nth this function returns the item in the ‘nth’ position in the list.
4	cons returns a new list wherein an element is added to the beginning of the list.
5	conj returns a new list wherein the list is at the beginning and the elements to be appended are placed at the end.
6	rest returns the remaining items in the list after the first item.

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