In Clojure, how to define a variable named by a string?

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Published on 2010-03-21T10:46:47Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 10:51 UTC
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Given a list of names for variables, I want to set those variables to an expression.

I tried this:

(doall (for [x ["a" "b" "c"]] (def (symbol x) 666)))

...but this yields the error

java.lang.Exception: First argument to def must be a Symbol

Can anyone show me the right way to accomplish this, please?

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