Generate character sequence from 'a' to 'z' in clojure

Question

I want to generate character sequence from \'a\' to \'z\'. In scala, I can generate character sequence very simply:

(\'a\' to \'z\')

But in

Answer 1

If code looks "verbose" it's often just a sign that you should factor it out into a separate function. As a bonus you get the chance to give the function a meaningful name.

Just do something like this and your code will be much more readable:

(defn char-range [start end]
  (map char (range (int start) (inc (int end)))))

(char-range \a \f)
=> (\a \b \c \d \e \f)