Converting String to Hashmap

[Antix]

Hi Guys,
I'm very new to clojure and searching for a way to convert a given
String to a Hashmap as far as this is possible.
I thought already about the use of a macro, but all the different
quotes are a little bit confusing for me.

Is it possible to create a Hashmap or some similar structure by using
a given String.

My Input-String is something like: :Name "John", :age 20, :gender
"n"
Is it possible to convert this to a hashmap similar to this:
(def hashm {:Name "John", :age 20, :gender "n" }) ?

[Jay Fields]

first of all, what gender is "n"? =)

http://blog.jayfields.com/2011/03/clojure-eval-ing-string-in-clojure.html

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[Tassilo Horn]

Jay Fields <j...@jayfields.com> writes:

> first of all, what gender is "n"? =)

*N*erd! What else could it be?!

Bye,
Tassilo

[Antix]

Thank you. That solution worked for me. @Tassilo: haha, yeah a nerd
should definedly deserves an own gender ;D

On 18 Jun., 18:44, Jay Fields <j...@jayfields.com> wrote:
> first of all, what gender is "n"? =)
>

> http://blog.jayfields.com/2011/03/clojure-eval-ing-string-in-clojure....

[David Powell]

Use the built in read-string function.:

(read-string (str "{" s "}")))

Don't use eval or load-string.  read-string is safer, faster, and won't hit JVM size limits.

Also, if the input isn't trusted, you should bind *read-eval* to false, to avoid being subject to running hostile user-supplied code:

(defn parse-map

  [s]

  (binding [*read-eval* false]

    (read-string (str "{" s "}"))))

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Dave