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 - [Aggregation Using merge-with](clojure/aggregation-using-merge-with.md)
 - [Evaluate One Liners With lein-exec](clojure/evaluate-one-liners-with-lein-exec.md)
 - [Expanding Macros](clojure/expanding-macros.md)
+- [Get The Value Of An Environment Variable](clojure/get-the-value-of-an-environment-variable.md)
 - [Open JavaDocs](clojure/open-javadocs.md)
 - [Pretty Print The Last Thing](clojure/pretty-print-the-last-thing.md)
 - [Quick Clojure Docs](clojure/quick-clojure-docs.md)
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+# Get The Value Of An Environment Variable
+
+You can get the value of an environment variable on your system using the
+`System/getenv` function. Just pass it the environment variable as a string:
+
+```clojure
+> (System/getenv "HOME")
+"/Users/jbranchaud"
+```
+
+It returns `nil` when the environment variable doesn't exist.
+
+```clojure
+> (System/getenv "HOUSE")
+nil
+```