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From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I use a var as a string?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:46:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bn1h1zi7.fsf@student.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2209.1469724157.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Tom Browder wrote:

> So how can I define a variable whose value is
> a string and then access the actual string
> value by using the variable name?

For example like this:

    (defun print-string (s)
      (insert "The string is: " s) )

    (setq sail-ho-string "True sailing is dead!")

    (print-string sail-ho-string)

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       reply	other threads:[~2016-07-28 16:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.2209.1469724157.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-28 16:46 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
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
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

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