Not sure if you know Clojure, but here's what I've been toying with:

#+name: my-test
#+begin_src clojure :var i=[1 2]
(map inc i)
#+end_src

#+RESULTS: my-test
| 2 | 3 |

looks good, but then

#+name: myfun1
#+begin_src clojure
(defn myfun1
  [ ]
  [8 9])
#+end_src

#+begin_src clojure :var i=myfunc1
(map inc i)
#+end_src

doesn't do anything, i.e., it doesn't process the myfunc1 and provide the
vector [8 9]

This elisp code works, though:

#+name: mylist1
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun mylist1 ()
  (list 1 2 3 4))
#+end_src

then

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var myx=(mylist1)
(mapcar '1+ myx)
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Note how I put mylist1 in parens. Without produced odd output

#+RESULTS:
| 110 | 122 | 109 | 106 | 116 | 117 | 50 |

. . . which is literally taking the ascii letters of the word "mylist1" and
incrementing them. (Too much fun. . . ). What might be wrong with my
Clojure attempt? I've tried (myfun1), myfun1, and myfun1() gives an error.



On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Aloha Lawrence,
>
> Lawrence Bottorff writes:
>
> > So I can run code for a REPL-type language like Clojure in a babel code
> > block and get "results," e.g., a Clojure code block takes in a vector of
> > mappings and produces new "results":
> >
> > #+RESULTS[abc5c51bb569a82c19c4eea1c385c74e839922c7]:
> > symmetrize-body-parts-test
> > | :name | head            | :size |  3 |
> > | :name | left-eye        | :size |  1 |
> > | :name | right-eye       | :size |  1 |
> > | :name | left-ear        | :size |  1 |
> > . . .
> >
> > but could I generate results that aren't just static output listed after
> a
> > #+RESULTS tag, rather, embedded in a newly created babel code block? I'd
> > like such output "initialized" as far as the running REPL is concerned
> too.
> > Is it possible to generate new code/data that is immediately known to the
> > REPL session? Any examples don't have to be Clojure.
>
> You can use the :session header argument which will give you access to
> any variables created during the session:
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-
> doc-clojure.html#orgheadline13
>
> You can pass the function results to a variable argument, which makes
> possible chaining (see http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03):
>
> #+header: :var x=myfunc(2)
>
> You can also embed and call a function in a source code block using noweb
> syntax:
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html#literate-programming
>
> hth,
> Tom
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>