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Re: convert strings to symbol
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David Kastrup |
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Re: convert strings to symbol |
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0200 |
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Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@online.de> writes:
> Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb alruccaba@justmail.de:
>> Does someone have an idea how to convert a string object to a symbol?
>> One purpose would be some kind of variable substitution :
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>> (setq y "z")
>> (setq x "y")
>> (print ..? x ....) -> "z"
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>> Thanks in advance.
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> make-symbol (?)
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> (setq a (make-symbol "eins"))
> a => eins
No, that is entirely useless since it creates a new symbol that has only
the print name "eins" but is not accessible via its name.
He wants something like
(print (symbol-value (intern x)))
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum