From: ········@ucs.orst.edu
Subject: Help! Convert string to list
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <38274738.F7D04325@ucs.orst.edu>

Hi,

I need a simple way to convert a string to a list for a program I am
working on.
(create-list "1 2 3 4 5 #my-func")
should return (1 2 3 4 5 #my-func)

Please help!
Thanks

From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: Help! Convert string to list
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <8RIV3.98$u3.2426@burlma1-snr2>

In article <·················@ucs.orst.edu>,  <········@ucs.orst.edu> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I need a simple way to convert a string to a list for a program I am
>working on.
>(create-list "1 2 3 4 5 #my-func")
>should return (1 2 3 4 5 #my-func)

(defun create-list (string)
  (read-from-string (concatenate 'string "(" string ")")))

However, I'm not sure what you expect #my-func to be.  # is a special macro
character in Common Lisp and many other Lisp dialects.  If you want that to
be read in as a symbol whose name is "#MYFUNC", you'll need to make a
custom readtable that changes the syntax of #\# to a constituent rather
than a macro character.

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