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Clojure commands for getting help, docs and more while in the REPL

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Clojure REPL Help

Commands that can be entered in the REPL for finding help, documentation, and more.

Load clojure REPL helper functions

(require '[clojure.repl :refer :all])

doc - display documentation for a function

(doc +)

apropos - find function names that match a string

(apropos "+")

find-doc - wider function search that includes docstrings

(find-doc "trim")

dir - view full listing of functions in a namespace

(dir clojure.repl)

source - view function description and source

(source dir)