Re: string to symbol, how?

[neves@neves.ils.nwu.edu (David Neves)]

In article <D84Mrn.FJ8@midway.uchicago.edu>, Tom McDougal
<mcdougal@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
:  This is almost an FAQ.
:  
:  (let ((the-string "hello"))
:    (with-input-from-string (string-input-stream  the-string)
:      (read string-input-stream)))
:  
:  -->  HELLO
Just use intern.
(intern "HELLO")