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RE: How to convert string to variable name

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg39833] RE: [mg39795] How to convert string to variable name
• From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
• Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:49:50 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Bob,

Use the Symbol statement. Symbol["w"] gives the symbol w.

Symbol["w"]
% // Head
w
Symbol

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ 



From: Bob Harris [mailto:NspamITmeLION at MINDnotSPRING.COM]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net

Howdy,

I'm trying to write a loop that assigns functions to a series of variables
which I'd like to name z, y, x, w, ... and so on.  The functions are matrix
operator of a group, which I would use like this, for example:

    state // w // z // w // w

Clearly I can generate the strings "z", "y", "x", "w" ... in my loop.  But
for a given string, how can I assign to the variable whose name is defined
by that string?

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