symbol->string -- r7rs Definition

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Kind

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converter;

Implemented by

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• symbol->string (from vonuvoli);

Procedure signature

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Procedure variants:

• ((symbol) -> (string))
  • input: a value of type symbol;
  • output: a value of type string;

Exports

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• scheme:base -- (scheme base);

Exports recursive

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• scheme -- (scheme);

Description

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(symbol->string symbol)

Returns the name of symbol as a string, but without adding escapes. It is an error to apply mutation procedures like string-set! to strings returned by this procedure.

(symbol->string 'flying-fish)
                                  ===>  "flying-fish"
(symbol->string 'Martin)          ===>  "Martin"
(symbol->string
   (string->symbol "Malvina"))
                                  ===>  "Malvina"

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The text herein was sourced and adapted as described in the "R7RS attribution of various text snippets" appendix.

Referenced-types

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• symbol;
• string;