Just reread the, of course, well-written documentation on set setq, el.al.
It's clear set is the choice here. Thanks, again, all.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM Ship Mints <shipmints@gmail.com> wrote:

> set is a good tip. setq is a lifelong habit. I made my/set a function and
> it works fine.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Okt 18 2024, Ship Mints wrote:
>>
>> > (setq (intern (concat "f" "oo"))) t)
>>
>> (set (intern (concat "f" "oo")) t)
>>
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