How to convert a string to a symbol?

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Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as "foo"->:foo?

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'foo'.to_sym

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On Oct 11, 2014 7:27 AM, "xiaopeng" <1093218247@qq.com> wrote:

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as
"foo"->:foo?

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Hint: the documentation is your friend:

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On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 7:26 AM, xiaopeng <1093218247@qq.com> wrote:

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as "foo"->:foo?

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Yep!

"mystring".to_sym
-> :mystring

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On 10/11/2014 10:26 AM, xiaopeng wrote:

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as "foo"->:foo?

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Quoting xiaopeng (1093218247@qq.com):

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as "foo"->:foo?

String#to_sym

Carlo

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Subject: How to convert a string to a symbol?
  Date: sab 11 ott 14 10:26:24 +0800

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“foo”.to_sym

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On Oct 11, 2014, at 6:26 PM, xiaopeng <1093218247@qq.com> wrote:

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as "foo"->:foo?

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You can use to_sym

"foo".to_sym
=> :foo

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On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 7:56 PM, xiaopeng <1093218247@qq.com> wrote:

Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as
"foo"->:foo?

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so quickly, thanks a lot to you and other guys:)

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On 2014年10月11日 22:28, Joan Roig wrote:

'foo'.to_sym

On Oct 11, 2014 7:27 AM, "xiaopeng" <1093218247@qq.com > <mailto:1093218247@qq.com>> wrote:

    Is there any possible to convert a string to a symbol, such as
    "foo"->:foo?