Regex in Babashka

[diegonayalazo]

Hi borkdude, thanks again for Babashka. I don't know if I am doing something wrong but

(str/split "Clojure is awesome!" #" ")

This is not working in BB. The following error ensues:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: No dispatch macro for: "

Is the Clojure Regex syntax supported?

Thanks for your help.

[borkdude]

@diegonayalazo Are you doing this in a bb.edn file? This syntax isn't support in .edn files, that is not a babashka, but a Clojure restriction. You can use (re-pattern " ") instead.

[diegonayalazo]

Thanks for the fast response. Yes Indeed, this is an bb.edn file. I will research the use of re-pattern instead. Greatly appreciated.

[borkdude]

So, in Clojure #"foo" is the same as (re-pattern "foo"). But this syntax is only allowed in .clj* files.

[borkdude]

@diegonayalazo Feel free to ask as many questions as you like.

Next time, you can open a question directly in the Discussions part of this repo: https://github.com/babashka/babashka/discussions/categories/q-a

[diegonayalazo]

Bookmarked!