On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 08:53:20AM +0100, Mark Carter wrote: > I would like to treat a symbol as a function, and apply it to some arguments. > In other words, if I did something like > (define sym '+) > (apply '+ '(1 2)) > I would obtain the answer 3. Is there any way I can do this? The following > works, but I'm wondering if it's the best way: > (eval `(apply ,sym '(1 2))) > A more basic question would be: is there any way I can convert from '+ to + - > i.e. a symbol to a function?
Looking at the replies so far leaves me wondering why no one has yet suggested (apply + '(1 2)) Is there some subtlety I'm missing? -- hendrik _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
