Re-open *scratch* buffer in Emacs?

Question

If I accidentally closed the scratch buffer in Emacs, how do I create a new scratch buffer?

Answer 1

This is what I use - I have this bound to a convenient keystroke. It sends you to the *scratch* buffer, regardless of whether or not it already exists, and sets it to be in lisp-interaction-mode

(defun eme-goto-scratch () 
  "this sends you to the scratch buffer"
  (interactive)
  (let ((eme-scratch-buffer (get-buffer-create "*scratch*")))
    (switch-to-buffer eme-scratch-buffer)
    (lisp-interaction-mode)))