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Re: string to symbol, how?



In article <3ocrgq$7in@waage.rz.uni-ulm.de>, stede@faw.uni-ulm.de (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

(intern "foo")

I don't know this is 'orthodox', but it seems to work.

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