How to convert a clojure keyword into a string?

Question

In my application I need to convert clojure keyword eg. :var_name into a string "var_name". Any ideas how that could be done?

Answer 1

user=> (doc name)
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clojure.core/name
([x])
  Returns the name String of a string, symbol or keyword.
nil
user=> (name :var_name)
"var_name"