Jay Vara wrote > In the following program, I set xyz to the variable abc using scheme > string->symbol as well as the usual \abc. > > Instead of giving the same value for xyz, the first one sets it to string > "abc" and the second sets it to value of abc. > > What do I need to modify in the assignment of string->symbol to get it to > be equivalent to xyz = \abc
Hi Jay, You don't need to use string->symbol to do this. #abc will return the value of abc (the string IamJustAText), just like \abc does. HTH, -Paul \version "2.18.2" abc = IamJustAText xyz = #abc #(format #t "2) abc ~a xyz ~a ~%" abc xyz) xyz = \abc #(format #t "2) abc ~a xyz ~a ~%" abc xyz) -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Generating-symbols-from-strings-tp166813p166815.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
