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From: hall@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: string to symbol conversion
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.163755.16953@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 91 16:37:55 GMT
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In article <80761@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> lewocz@pegasus.cs.Buffalo.EDU 
(John S. Lewocz) writes:

>Is there any way to convert an arbitrary string like "bob" into the 
>symbol bob in Common Lisp?

(read-from-string "bob") --> BOB

					- Marty Hall
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