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From: weinrich@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Tim Weinrich)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: String to List function!
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Date: 28 May 91 19:39:54 GMT
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	From: maverick@cork.Berkeley.EDU (Vance Maverick)
	<cl> (defun string-to-list (string)
	        (with-input-from-string (strm (concatenate 'string "(" string ")"))
	          (read strm)))
	
	STRING-TO-LIST
	<cl> (string-to-list "abc ( 1 2 3) def")
	
	(ABC (1 2 3) DEF)
	<cl>

   I strongly recommend putting an ERRSET (or your dialect's
equivalent) around that READ for most applications.

   Otherwise, a very good answer.


   Twinerik