From: S.K. Gillespie
Subject: HELP!
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <6d4nit$h07@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>

If somebody could help me with this problem, I would appreciate it.

I am trying to convert the value of a variable to a symbol.

eg.

I call the function with a symbol parameter:    (accepts 's1)
the function uses s1's properties etc...

Now I have a list with (s1) in it... and I want to call 

(accepts 's1) but without the 's1 

ie.   (accepts  (car list))

how do I do this????

Any help would be appreciated...

Scott
········@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca

From: Thomas A. Russ
Subject: Re: HELP!
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <ymizpjcwxcp.fsf@sevak.isi.edu>

········@muss.cis.McMaster.CA (S.K. Gillespie) writes:

> I call the function with a symbol parameter:    (accepts 's1)
> the function uses s1's properties etc...
> 
> Now I have a list with (s1) in it... and I want to call 
> 
> (accepts 's1) but without the 's1 
> 
> ie.   (accepts  (car list))
>
> how do I do this????

Just like you wrote it:   (accepts (car list))

(accepts 's1)
(accepts (car '(s1)))
(let ((l (list 's1)))
  (accepts (car l)))

Should all work exactly the same way.

-- 
Thomas A. Russ,  USC/Information Sciences Institute          ···@isi.edu