Alexander Serebrenik <alic...@pita.cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: >The problem is as follows - i've the variable representing string, >f.e. (defvar x "xxx") >Now i want to translate x to something representing `|"xxx"| .
Do you really mean you want to produce a symbol whose print name is |"xxx"|, or are you only concerned with printing the string, complete with quotes, but without producing an interned symbol?
>How can i do it ? (i'm working with currently existing > module which combines structures and afterwards prints them with >help of PRINC and the only way i found to print the string storing >it as a STRING with the help of princ is to write > (princ `|"xxx"|) >The problem is that the string may be variable ...
You should probably begin by exploring the difference between prin1 and princ, since I suspect that will solve your problem. The difference is that princ prints a string without any surrounding quotes, while prin1 includes the quotes. In particular, (prin1 x) in your example will produce the same output as (princ '|"xxx"|).
If that is not what you are looking for, perhaps you should try something along the lines of the following:
>(defvar y (format nil "|~s|" x))
Y
>y
"|\"xxx\"|"
>(read-from-string y)
|"xxx"| 7
The value of y is a string, but the value you get from (read-from-string y) is actually a symbol whose print name is as you indicated.
I've a small problem - may be some of you already met it and know how it may be solved ? The problem is as follows - i've the variable representing string, f.e. (defvar x "xxx") Now i want to translate x to something representing `|"xxx"| . How can i do it ? (i'm working with currently existing module which combines structures and afterwards prints them with help of PRINC and the only way i found to print the string storing it as a STRING with the help of princ is to write (princ `|"xxx"|) The problem is that the string may be variable ...
