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Re: string to symbol
From: |
Thierry Volpiatto |
Subject: |
Re: string to symbol |
Date: |
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:02:45 +0200 |
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TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com> writes:
> I want to call the documentation or describe-function, functions, with
> a list of strings that are function names. Those functions take a
> symbol as an argument. e.g. (describe-function 'shell). Given a
> string "shell" is it possible to convert that to the symbol shell so
> that I can use it as an argument to those functions?
>
,----
| ELISP> (intern "shell")
| shell
| ELISP> (symbol-name 'shell)
| "shell"
| ELISP>
`----
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