Clojure unquote '(1 2 (+ 1 2))

Question

How should I unquote in the following:

(def a '(1 2 (+ 1 2)))

So that it evaluates to:

(1 2 3)

Doing a:

(def a '(1 2 ~(+ 1 2)))

evaluates as below in the REPL:

(1 2 (clojure.core/unquote (+ 1 2)))

I know I can do a:

(list 1 2 (+ 1 2))

But I was wondering whether there might be some syntax for the purpose.

Answer 1

Use ` instead of '. Unquoting does not work with '.