Re: Generating symbols from strings

[Paul Morris]

Jay Vara wrote
> In the following program, I set xyz to the variable abc using scheme 
> string->symbol as well as the usual \abc.
> 
> Instead of giving the same value for xyz, the first one sets it to string 
> "abc" and the second sets it to value of abc.
> 
> What do I need to modify in the assignment of string->symbol to get it to 
> be equivalent to xyz = \abc 

Hi Jay, You don't need to use string->symbol to do this.  
#abc will return the value of abc (the string IamJustAText), just like \abc
does.

HTH,
-Paul

\version "2.18.2"

abc = IamJustAText

xyz = #abc
#(format #t "2) abc ~a   xyz ~a ~%" abc xyz)

xyz = \abc
#(format #t "2) abc ~a   xyz ~a ~%" abc xyz)





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