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Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org> writes:

> Benjamin Rutt <rutt.4+news@osu.edu> writes:
>
>> how can I get an abbrev table, given a string with the same name.
>
> this expression doesn't answer your question directly,
> but in understanding it you will find the answer anyway:
>
> (let ((name (concat "describe" "-" "function")))
>   (eval `(,(intern name) ',(intern name))))

Thanks, `intern' and `eval' did the trick.
-- 
Benjamin Rutt