<dvandeun@vub.ac.be> wrote:
+---------------
| : 	Ex.  2345 ----> '(2 3 4 5)
| 
| Use (map string->number (string->list (number->string ...))) but it's 
| quite an insane thing to do.
+---------------

Cute, but doesn't *quite* work:

    > (map string->number (string->list (number->string 12345)))
    string->number: expects type <string> as 1st arg; given #\1

You need one more level of insane indirection:  ;-}  ;-}

    > (map string->number (map string (string->list (number->string 12345))))
    (1 2 3 4 5)


-Rob

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