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Re: string to symbol, how?

At 5:35 AM 5/5/95, Manfred Stede wrote:
>I know it has been discussed here a while ago, but I thought
>I'd never need it and didn't pay attention :-(  Now I do need
>it: can someone tell me how to convert a string to a symbol?
>
>Thanks!
>Manfred

If you want to make just one symbol from an entire string, use INTERN.

- Steve Hain

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