From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: How do I use a var as a string?
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:59:52 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a20f819b-bde0-47b7-9243-89940c872612@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFMGiz9kbC3hh1Ws8CO-wiOF3qsTVo4HTX49TxbOab80OUE0tA@mail.gmail.com>
> > I want to bind a string to a variable and then use the variable name as
> > the string when a string is expected. I have tried variations of this:
> > (defvar my-str (concat "my " "string"))
>
> My next experiment will be to use "(defconst ...)" which I'm hoping will
> solve the problem.
What problem? It's not clear (to me) what you are trying to do.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-29 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-28 16:42 How do I use a var as a string? Tom Browder
2016-07-28 16:47 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-28 17:11 ` Tom Browder
[not found] ` <mailman.2218.1469725870.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-29 2:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-29 14:50 ` Tom Browder
2016-07-29 14:59 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-07-29 15:06 ` Tom Browder
2016-07-29 16:52 ` Tom Browder
2016-07-29 17:20 ` John Mastro
2016-07-29 17:24 ` John Mastro
2016-07-29 17:56 ` Tom Browder
2016-07-29 18:39 ` Tom Browder
[not found] <mailman.2209.1469724157.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-28 16:46 ` Emanuel Berg
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