How to create a string list in Clojure?

Question

I want to create a string list in Clojure equivalent to the following Java code:

List<String> cities = Arrays.asList(new String[] {"Berlin", "Brussels", "Helsinki", "Madrid", "Oslo", "Paris","Stockholm" });

: but I am unsure about the exact syntax

Answer 1

Strictly speaking, examples provided above will produce vectors. List can be produced in the following way:

(list "Berlin", "Brussels", "Helsinki", "Madrid", "Oslo", "Paris","Stockholm")

or shorter:

'("Berlin", "Brussels", "Helsinki", "Madrid", "Oslo", "Paris","Stockholm")

In some cases this difference could be important.