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apatheticagnostic schrieb:

> take, for example this code showing what I mean:
> 
> (defvar sample-alist '(("a" '(lambda ()
>                                 (message "We worked!")))
>                        ("b" #'(lambda ()
>                                 (message "B worked too!")))))
> 
> (defun test-call (x)
>   (funcall (cdr (assoc x sample-alist))))
> 
> (test-call "a")
> (test-call "b")
> 
> Both calls fail, with an error message like so:

This seems to work:

(defvar sample-alist '(("a" (lambda () (message "We worked!")))
                        ("b" (lambda () (message "B worked too!")))))

(defun test-call (x)
   (funcall (eval (car (cdr (assoc x sample-alist))))))


(test-call "a")
"We worked!"

(test-call "b")
"B worked too!"


regards

Marc