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Re: How do I use a var as a string?


From: Tom Browder
Subject: Re: How do I use a var as a string?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:11:03 -0500

On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > (defvar my-str (concat "my " "string"))
> > (print my-str)
> >
> > and get an error about void symbol my-str.
>
> It works for me.  Did you evaluate the `defvar', before trying to
> evaluate the `print' - it sounds like you did not.
>

Duh, no I didn't!  Then it does work! (I should be evaling the buffer for
the experimenting I'm doing.)

Thanks, Drew.

-Tom


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