Opposite of id2name

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Hi all.

I would like to know if there is an opposite of id2name?

I want to turn a string into a symbol.

Adelle.

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"string".to_sym

3

"string".to_sym

Thankyou. I had been searching the documentation for over an hour, but not
in the right places.

Adelle.

4

string.intern

cheers.

-a

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Adelle Hartley wrote:

"string".to_sym

Thankyou. I had been searching the documentation for over an hour, but not
in the right places.

Adelle.

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