In this article, we will discuss zippers in the Clojure language. These are an unusual way to work with collections. Using a zipper, you can traverse a data structure arbitrarily and modify its content as well as search in it. A zipper is a powerful abstraction that pays off over time. However, it is not as straightforward as regular tools and requires training to deal with.

Let’s talk about a zipper in simple terms. It is a wrapper that offers a variety of data manipulations. Let’s…