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Title: values into mul
Post by: joejoe on October 11, 2019, 04:08:36 PM

Hi,

I am trying this:

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(set 'abc "8888")
(println abc)
(println (mul 2 abc))

and getting this:

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8888

ERR: value expected in function mul : abc

What would be the way to get values into the mul function?

Thanks!

Title: Re: values into mul
Post by: rickyboy on October 11, 2019, 04:40:14 PM

Use read-expr.

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(println (mul 2 (read-expr abc)))

Title: Re: values into mul
Post by: joejoe on October 11, 2019, 04:46:06 PM

rickyboy,

You're the man, thanks big!

I hadn't gotten so far as the read-expr, much appreciated! =)

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