symbol

 

 

Description

The symbol Function converts the specified source {source} argument into a a new Symbol object . Normally this function is used to create a symbol from a source string, since Symbols can be easily used as identifiers and strings are not easily used as identifiers.

When to use

The symbol function is used to coerce an object into a symbol.

 

Syntax

(symbol string)

Name Description AIS Types
string A String argument containing only the characters allowed in a SymbolString

Returns:

A Symbol constructed from the string argument

 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_Symbol_symbol_001

These example show how a Text argument is converted into a Symbol Data Type using the function symbol.

Example_Symbol_symbol_002

These example show to create a Symbol which can be manipulated using the ref and setq functions using the symbol function.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

String Symbol Text

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

++(Symbol) +=(Symbol) /=(Symbol) *=(Symbol)
--(Symbol) -=(Symbol) addMethod(BitVector) addMethod(Boolean)
addMethod(Brick) addMethod(Character) addMethod(CpxVector) addMethod(Date)
addMethod(Dictionary) addMethod(Directory) addMethod(FltVector) addMethod(Function)
addMethod(IntVector) addMethod(List) addMethod(Matrix) addMethod(NumMatrix)
addMethod(NumVector) addMethod(Number) addMethod(ObjVector) addMethod(ObjectRepository)
addMethod(Pair) addMethod(PcodeVector) addMethod(ShortVector) addMethod(String)
addMethod(Structure) addMethod(Symbol) addMethod(Vector) addMethod(Void)
appendWriteln(ByteVector) append(BitVector) append(Complex) append(CpxVector)
append(FltVector) append(IntVector) append(Matrix) append(NumMatrix)
append(NumVector) append(ObjVector) append(Pair) append(ShortVector)
append(String) append(Structure) append(Symbol) append(Vector)
apply(BitVector) apply(CpxVector) apply(FltVector) apply(IntVector)
apply(Matrix) apply(NumMatrix) apply(NumVector) apply(Pair)
apply(ShortVector) apply(Structure) apply(Vector) balance(Lambda)
binaryInsert(CpxVector) binaryInsert(FltVector) binaryInsert(IntVector) binaryInsert(Matrix)
binaryInsert(NumMatrix) binaryInsert(NumVector) binaryInsert(ShortVector) binaryInsert(Structure)
binaryInsert(Vector) binarySearch(CpxVector) binarySearch(Dictionary) binarySearch(FltVector)
binarySearch(IntVector) binarySearch(Matrix) binarySearch(NumMatrix) binarySearch(NumVector)
binarySearch(ObjVector) binarySearch(ShortVector) binarySearch(Structure) binarySearch(Vector)
boolean(Boolean) cdr(BitVector) cdr(Brick) cdr(CpxVector)
cdr(Dictionary) cdr(Directory) cdr(FltVector) cdr(IntVector)
cdr(List) cdr(Matrix) cdr(NumMatrix) cdr(NumVector)
cdr(ObjVector) cdr(ShortVector) cdr(Structure) cdr(Vector)
char(String) character(Character) clean(String) closeLog(FileIO)
code(String) compareEQ(BitVector) compareEQ(Boolean) compareEQ(Brick)
compareEQ(Character) compareEQ(Complex) compareEQ(CpxVector) compareEQ(Date)
compareEQ(Dictionary) compareEQ(Directory) compareEQ(FltVector) compareEQ(Function)
compareEQ(IntVector) compareEQ(Lambda) compareEQ(List) compareEQ(Matrix)
compareEQ(NumMatrix) compareEQ(NumVector) compareEQ(Number) compareEQ(ObjVector)
compareEQ(ObjectRepository) compareEQ(Pair) compareEQ(ShortVector) compareEQ(String)
compareEQ(Structure) compareEQ(Symbol) compareEQ(Vector) compareEQ(Void)
compareGE(BitVector) compareGE(Boolean) compareGE(Brick) compareGE(Character)
compareGE(Complex) compareGE(CpxVector) compareGE(Date) compareGE(Dictionary)
compareGE(Directory) compareGE(Function) compareGE(IntVector) compareGE(Lambda)
compareGE(List) compareGE(Matrix) compareGE(NumMatrix) compareGE(Number)
compareGE(ObjVector) compareGE(ObjectRepository) compareGE(Pair) compareGE(ShortVector)
compareGE(String) compareGE(Structure) compareGE(Symbol) compareGE(Vector)
compareGE(Void) compareGT(BitVector) compareGT(Boolean) compareGT(Brick)
compareGT(Character) compareGT(Complex) compareGT(CpxVector) compareGT(Date)
compareGT(Dictionary) compareGT(Directory) compareGT(Function) compareGT(IntVector)
compareGT(Lambda) compareGT(List) compareGT(Matrix) compareGT(NumMatrix)
compareGT(NumVector) compareGT(Number) compareGT(ObjVector) compareGT(ObjectRepository)
compareGT(Pair) compareGT(ShortVector) compareGT(String) compareGT(Structure)
compareGT(Symbol) compareGT(Vector) compareGT(Void) compareLE(BitVector)
compareLE(Boolean) compareLE(Brick) compareLE(Character) compareLE(Complex)
compareLE(CpxVector) compareLE(Date) compareLE(Dictionary) compareLE(Directory)
compareLE(FltVector) compareLE(Function) compareLE(IntVector) compareLE(Lambda)
compareLE(List) compareLE(Matrix) compareLE(NumMatrix) compareLE(NumVector)
compareLE(Number) compareLE(ObjVector) compareLE(ObjectRepository) compareLE(Pair)
compareLE(ShortVector) compareLE(String) compareLE(Structure) compareLE(Symbol)
compareLE(Vector) compareLE(Void) compareLT(BitVector) compareLT(Boolean)
compareLT(Brick) compareLT(Character) compareLT(Complex) compareLT(CpxVector)
compareLT(Date) compareLT(Dictionary) compareLT(Directory) compareLT(FltVector)
compareLT(Function) compareLT(IntVector) compareLT(Lambda) compareLT(List)
compareLT(Matrix) compareLT(NumMatrix) compareLT(NumVector) compareLT(Number)
compareLT(ObjVector) compareLT(ObjectRepository) compareLT(Pair) compareLT(ShortVector)
compareLT(String) compareLT(Structure) compareLT(Symbol) compareLT(Vector)
compareLT(Void) compareNE(BitVector) compareNE(Boolean) compareNE(Brick)
compareNE(Character) compareNE(Complex) compareNE(CpxVector) compareNE(Date)
compareNE(Dictionary) compareNE(Directory) compareNE(FltVector) compareNE(Function)
compareNE(IntVector) compareNE(Lambda) compareNE(List) compareNE(Matrix)
compareNE(NumMatrix) compareNE(NumVector) compareNE(Number) compareNE(ObjVector)
compareNE(ObjectRepository) compareNE(Pair) compareNE(ShortVector) compareNE(String)
compareNE(Structure) compareNE(Symbol) compareNE(Vector) compareNE(Void)
compare(BitVector) compare(Boolean) compare(Brick) compare(Character)
compare(Complex) compare(CpxVector) compare(Date) compare(Dictionary)
compare(Directory) compare(FltVector) compare(Function) compare(IntVector)
compare(Lambda) compare(List) compare(Matrix) compare(NumMatrix)
compare(NumVector) compare(Number) compare(ObjVector) compare(ObjectRepository)
compare(Pair) compare(ShortVector) compare(String) compare(Structure)
compare(Symbol) compare(Vector) compare(Void) comparison(BitVector)
comparison(Boolean) comparison(Brick) comparison(Character) comparison(Complex)
comparison(Date) comparison(Dictionary) comparison(Directory) comparison(FltVector)
comparison(Function) comparison(IntVector) comparison(List) comparison(Matrix)
comparison(NumMatrix) comparison(NumVector) comparison(Number) comparison(ObjVector)
comparison(ObjectRepository) comparison(Pair) comparison(ShortVector) comparison(String)
comparison(Structure) comparison(Symbol) comparison(Vector) comparison(Void)
compress(ByteVector) cons(Pair) count(Dictionary) count(Directory)
count(List) count(Matrix) count(NumMatrix) count(Pair)
count(Structure) count(Vector) date(Date) day(Date)
days360(Date) debugBrowsableProcs(Context) debugBrowsableProcs(Lambda) debugDialog(String)
debug(Context) debug(Lambda) defchild(Lambda) define(macro)(Lambda)
define(Lambda) defmacro(Lambda) defmethod(BitVector) defmethod(Boolean)
defmethod(Brick) defmethod(Character) defmethod(Date) defmethod(Dictionary)
defmethod(Directory) defmethod(FltVector) defmethod(Function) defmethod(IntVector)
defmethod(List) defmethod(Matrix) defmethod(NumMatrix) defmethod(NumVector)
defmethod(Number) defmethod(ObjectRepository) defmethod(Pair) defmethod(ShortVector)
defmethod(String) defmethod(Structure) defmethod(Symbol) defmethod(Vector)
defmethod(Void) deforphan(Lambda) defriend(Lambda) defun(Lambda)
delete(Dictionary) delete(Directory) delete(FltVector) delete(IntVector)
delete(List) delete(Matrix) delete(NumMatrix) delete(NumVector)
delete(ObjVector) delete(ObjectRepository) delete(Pair) delete(ShortVector)
delete(Structure) delete(Vector) disassemble(Context) disassemble(Lambda)
display(ByteVector) display(FileIO) downcase(String) downcase(Symbol)
encode(ByteVector) evalInSyncLocalContext(Context) eval(Lambda) eval(List)
exportTab(Lambda) exportTab(ObjectRepository) fdisplay(ByteVector) fdisplay(Text)
fileClose(ByteVector) fileClose(Text) fileDisplay(ByteVector) fileDisplay(Text)
fileErase(ByteVector) fileErase(Text) fileOpen(ByteVector) fileOpen(Text)
fileReadRecord(ByteVector) fileReadRecord(String) fileReadRecord(Text) fileRead(ByteVector)
fileRead(Text) fileWrite(ByteVector) fileWrite(String) fileWrite(Text)
filewriteln(ByteVector) filewriteln(String) filewriteln(Text) find(String)
gc(Context) getContextPtr(Context) getGlobalValue(Context) getGlobalValue(Symbol)
getHttp(String) getHttp(Text) getSymbolTable(Context) getSymbolTable(Symbol)
globalBinding(Context) globalBinding(Lambda) hashString(String) hashString(Symbol)
hour(Date) importTab(Lambda) importTab(ObjectRepository) insert(Dictionary)
insert(Directory) insert(FltVector) insert(IntVector) insert(Matrix)
insert(NumMatrix) insert(NumVector) insert(ObjVector) insert(ShortVector)
insert(Structure) insert(Vector) inside(BitVector) inside(Dictionary)
inside(Directory) inside(IntVector) inside(List) inside(Matrix)
inside(NumMatrix) inside(NumVector) inside(ShortVector) inside(Structure)
inside(Vector) inspect(Context) inspect(Lambda) inspect(ObjectRepository)
integer(Integer) isAtom(BitVector) isAtom(Brick) isAtom(Dictionary)
isAtom(Directory) isAtom(FltVector) isAtom(IntVector) isAtom(List)
isAtom(Matrix) isAtom(NumMatrix) isAtom(NumVector) isAtom(ObjVector)
isAtom(Pair) isAtom(PcodeVector) isAtom(ShortVector) isAtom(Structure)
isAtom(Vector) isBitVector(BitVector) isBoolean(Boolean) isByteVector(ByteVector)
isCharAlphabetic(ByteVector) isCharAlphabetic(String) isCharAlphabetic(Symbol) isCharAlphanumeric(ByteVector)
isCharAlphanumeric(String) isCharAlphanumeric(Symbol) isCharLowercase(ByteVector) isCharLowercase(String)
isCharLowercase(Symbol) isCharName(ByteVector) isCharName(String) isCharName(Symbol)
isCharNumeric(ByteVector) isCharNumeric(String) isCharNumeric(Symbol) isCharUppercase(ByteVector)
isCharUppercase(String) isCharUppercase(Symbol) isCharWhitespace(ByteVector) isCharWhitespace(String)
isCharWhitespace(Symbol) isChar(String) isCharacter(Character) isComplex(Complex)
isDate(Date) isDictionary(Dictionary) isDirectory(Directory) isEqual(BitVector)
isEqual(Boolean) isEqual(Brick) isEqual(Character) isEqual(Complex)
isEqual(Date) isEqual(Dictionary) isEqual(Directory) isEqual(FltVector)
isEqual(Function) isEqual(IntVector) isEqual(List) isEqual(Matrix)
isEqual(NumMatrix) isEqual(NumVector) isEqual(Number) isEqual(ObjVector)
isEqual(Pair) isEqual(ShortVector) isEqual(String) isEqual(Structure)
isEqual(Vector) isEqual(Void) isError(Error) isFloatVector(FltVector)
isIdentical(BitVector) isIdentical(Boolean) isIdentical(Brick) isIdentical(Character)
isIdentical(Complex) isIdentical(Date) isIdentical(Dictionary) isIdentical(Directory)
isIdentical(Error) isIdentical(FltVector) isIdentical(Function) isIdentical(IntVector)
isIdentical(List) isIdentical(Matrix) isIdentical(NumMatrix) isIdentical(NumVector)
isIdentical(Number) isIdentical(ObjVector) isIdentical(ObjectRepository) isIdentical(Pair)
isIdentical(PcodeVector) isIdentical(ShortVector) isIdentical(Structure) isIdentical(Vector)
isIdentical(Void) isInside(BitVector) isInside(Dictionary) isInside(Directory)
isInside(IntVector) isInside(List) isInside(Matrix) isInside(NumMatrix)
isInside(NumVector) isInside(ObjVector) isInside(Pair) isInside(ShortVector)
isInside(Structure) isInside(Vector) isIntegerVector(IntVector) isInteger(Integer)
isMatrix(Matrix) isMember(BitVector) isMember(Dictionary) isMember(Directory)
isMember(IntVector) isMember(List) isMember(Matrix) isMember(NumMatrix)
isMember(NumVector) isMember(ObjVector) isMember(Pair) isMember(ShortVector)
isMember(Structure) isMember(Vector) isMoney(Number) isNumberMatrix(NumMatrix)
isNumberVector(NumVector) isNumber(Number) isObjectVector(ObjVector) isObject(BitVector)
isObject(Brick) isObject(ByteVector) isObject(Dictionary) isObject(Directory)
isObject(FltVector) isObject(IntVector) isObject(List) isObject(Matrix)
isObject(NumMatrix) isObject(NumVector) isObject(ObjVector) isObject(Pair)
isObject(PcodeVector) isObject(ShortVector) isObject(String) isObject(Structure)
isObject(Symbol) isObject(Vector) isPair(List) isPair(Pair)
isPcodeVector(PcodeVector) isString(String) isStructure(Structure) isSymbol(Symbol)
isText(String) isType(BitVector) isType(Boolean) isType(Brick)
isType(Character) isType(Complex) isType(Date) isType(Dictionary)
isType(Directory) isType(FltVector) isType(Function) isType(IntVector)
isType(Matrix) isType(NumMatrix) isType(NumVector) isType(Number)
isType(ObjVector) isType(ObjectRepository) isType(Pair) isType(ShortVector)
isType(String) isType(Structure) isType(Symbol) isType(Vector)
isType(Void) isVector(Vector) julian(Date) left(String)
length(BitVector) length(Brick) length(Dictionary) length(Directory)
length(FltVector) length(IntVector) length(List) length(Matrix)
length(NumMatrix) length(NumVector) length(ObjVector) length(ObjectRepository)
length(Pair) length(PcodeVector) length(ShortVector) length(String)
length(Structure) length(Symbol) length(Vector) list(List)
loadLib(String) loadWorkspace(Context) macroReplace(String) makeQuotedList(List)
makeQuotedSymbol(Symbol) member(BitVector) member(Dictionary) member(Directory)
member(IntVector) member(List) member(Matrix) member(NumMatrix)
member(NumVector) member(ObjVector) member(ShortVector) member(Structure)
member(Vector) methodsOf(BitVector) methodsOf(Boolean) methodsOf(Brick)
methodsOf(Character) methodsOf(Complex) methodsOf(Date) methodsOf(Dictionary)
methodsOf(Directory) methodsOf(FltVector) methodsOf(Function) methodsOf(IntVector)
methodsOf(List) methodsOf(Matrix) methodsOf(NumMatrix) methodsOf(NumVector)
methodsOf(Number) methodsOf(ObjVector) methodsOf(ObjectRepository) methodsOf(Pair)
methodsOf(PcodeVector) methodsOf(ShortVector) methodsOf(String) methodsOf(Structure)
methodsOf(Symbol) methodsOf(Vector) methodsOf(Void) mid(String)
minute(Date) money(Number) month(Date) new(BitVector)
new(Brick) new(ByteVector) new(CpxVector) new(Dictionary)
new(Directory) new(FltVector) new(IntVector) new(Lambda)
new(Matrix) new(NumMatrix) new(NumVector) new(ObjVector)
new(ObjectRepository) new(PcodeVector) new(ShortVector) new(String)
new(Structure) new(Symbol) new(Vector) number(Number)
openLog(FileIO) openLog(String) pair(Pair) parse(String)
postHttp(String) postHttp(Text) proplist(Symbol) proprecord(Symbol)
putprop(Symbol) readHtmlPage(String) readHtmlPage(Text) ref(BitVector)
ref(Boolean) ref(Brick) ref(Character) ref(Complex)
ref(Date) ref(Dictionary) ref(Directory) ref(FltVector)
ref(Function) ref(IntVector) ref(Lambda) ref(List)
ref(Matrix) ref(NumMatrix) ref(NumVector) ref(Number)
ref(ObjVector) ref(ObjectRepository) ref(PcodeVector) ref(ShortVector)
ref(String) ref(Structure) ref(Symbol) ref(Vector)
ref(Void) remProp(Symbol) remove(BitVector) remove(Dictionary)
remove(Directory) remove(IntVector) remove(Matrix) remove(NumMatrix)
remove(NumVector) remove(ObjVector) remove(ShortVector) remove(Structure)
remove(Vector) rename(ObjectRepository) replace(String) rept(String)
requestHttp(String) requestHttp(Text) right(String) run(ByteVector)
run(Text) saveImmediate(ObjectRepository) saveObject(ByteVector) saveObject(Integer)
saveRepository(ObjectRepository) saveWorkspace(Context) second(Date) send(BitVector)
send(Boolean) send(Brick) send(Character) send(CpxVector)
send(Date) send(Dictionary) send(Directory) send(FltVector)
send(Function) send(IntVector) send(Lambda) send(List)
send(Matrix) send(NumMatrix) send(NumVector) send(Number)
send(ObjectRepository) send(Pair) send(ShortVector) send(String)
send(Structure) send(Symbol) send(Vector) send(Void)
setCar(List) setCar(Pair) setCdr(BitVector) setCdr(Brick)
setCdr(Dictionary) setCdr(Directory) setCdr(FltVector) setCdr(IntVector)
setCdr(List) setCdr(Matrix) setCdr(NumMatrix) setCdr(NumVector)
setCdr(ObjVector) setCdr(Pair) setCdr(ShortVector) setCdr(Structure)
setCdr(Vector) setLastCdr(BitVector) setLastCdr(FltVector) setLastCdr(IntVector)
setLastCdr(List) setLastCdr(Matrix) setLastCdr(NumMatrix) setLastCdr(NumVector)
setLastCdr(ObjVector) setLastCdr(Structure) setLastCdr(Vector) set(ObjectRepository)
setf(ObjectRepository) setq(BitVector) setq(Boolean) setq(Brick)
setq(Character) setq(Date) setq(Dictionary) setq(Directory)
setq(FltVector) setq(IntVector) setq(Lambda) setq(List)
setq(Matrix) setq(NumVector) setq(Number) setq(ObjVector)
setq(ObjectRepository) setq(PcodeVector) setq(ShortVector) setq(String)
setq(Structure) setq(Symbol) setq(Vector) setq(Void)
sizeof(BitVector) sizeof(Boolean) sizeof(Brick) sizeof(ByteVector)
sizeof(Character) sizeof(Complex) sizeof(Date) sizeof(Dictionary)
sizeof(Directory) sizeof(FltVector) sizeof(Function) sizeof(IntVector)
sizeof(List) sizeof(Matrix) sizeof(NumMatrix) sizeof(NumVector)
sizeof(Number) sizeof(ObjVector) sizeof(ObjectRepository) sizeof(Pair)
sizeof(PcodeVector) sizeof(ShortVector) sizeof(String) sizeof(Structure)
sizeof(Symbol) sizeof(Vector) sizeof(Void) sort(BitVector)
sort(Dictionary) sort(Directory) sort(FltVector) sort(IntVector)
sort(List) sort(Matrix) sort(NumMatrix) sort(NumVector)
sort(ObjVector) sort(ShortVector) sort(Structure) sort(Vector)
stringCiEQ(String) stringCiGE(String) stringCiGT(String) stringCiLE(String)
stringCiLT(String) stringCiNE(String) stringFill(String) stringToBVector(String)
stringToVector(String) string(Complex) string(String) submit(Context)
substitute(String) substringCiEQ(String) substringCiGE(String) substringCiGT(String)
substringCiLE(String) substringCiLT(String) substringCiNE(String) substringEQ(String)
substringFill(String) substringGE(String) substringGT(String) substringLE(String)
substringLT(String) substringNE(String) substring(String) svmRegression(Vector)
symbol(Symbol) system(ByteVector) system(Text) testFunction(Structure)
text(String) time(Date) trim(String) type(BitVector)
type(Boolean) type(Brick) type(ByteVector) type(Character)
type(Complex) type(Date) type(Dictionary) type(Directory)
type(FltVector) type(Function) type(IntVector) type(Lambda)
type(Matrix) type(NumMatrix) type(NumVector) type(Number)
type(ObjVector) type(ObjectRepository) type(Pair) type(PcodeVector)
type(ShortVector) type(String) type(Structure) type(Symbol)
type(Vector) type(Void) uniqueInsert(FltVector) uniqueInsert(IntVector)
uniqueInsert(Matrix) uniqueInsert(NumMatrix) uniqueInsert(NumVector) uniqueInsert(ObjVector)
uniqueInsert(ShortVector) uniqueInsert(Structure) uniqueInsert(Vector) upcase(String)
upcase(Symbol) vectorFill(BitVector) vectorFill(FltVector) vectorFill(IntVector)
vectorFill(Matrix) vectorFill(NumMatrix) vectorFill(NumVector) vectorFill(ObjVector)
vectorFill(ShortVector) vectorFill(Vector) writeln(ByteVector) writeln(String)
writeln(Text) year(Date)

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