julia> symbol("test test")
:test test
On 07 Feb 2014, at 18:25, Ismael VC <[email protected]> wrote:
> julia> a = :test
> :test
>
> julia> typeof(a)
> Symbol
>
> julia> b = :test test
> ERROR: syntax: extra token "test" after end of expression
>
> julia> b = :"test test" # Ruby style?
> "test test"
>
> julia> typeof(b) # Not a Symbol?
> ASCIIString (constructor with 1 method)
>
> julia> b = symbol(b) # How to write it without calling symbol() function.
> :test test
>
> julia> typeof(b)
> Symbol
>
>
> I just red that in Ruby you use:
>
> :"test test"
>
> in Smalltalk:
>
> #'test test'
>
> and in Lisp:
>
> |test test|
>
