Opposite of id2name

[Adelle Hartley]

Hi all.

I would like to know if there is an opposite of id2name?

I want to turn a string into a symbol.

Adelle.

 

[Daniel Amelang]

"string".to_sym

 

[Adelle Hartley]

"string".to_sym

Thankyou. I had been searching the documentation for over an hour, but not
in the right places.

Adelle.

 

[Ara.T.Howard]

Thankyou. I had been searching the documentation for over an hour, but not
in the right places.

Adelle.

string.intern

cheers.

-a
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