Re: Generating symbols from strings

[Robin Bannister]

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.

Maybe you are reading out the symbol name (which is abc).

> What do I need to modify in the assignment of string->symbol to get it to
> be equivalent to xyz = \abc

The following seems to read out the value of abc:
>  xyz = #(eval (string->symbol "abc") (interaction-environment))


Hope this helps! Maybe the blind can lead the blind.

Cheers,
Robin