Subject: Re: list to string etc. From: Erik Naggum <nobody@naggum.no> Date: 1996/11/28 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3058171639282920@naggum.no> * Olmeda Piero | I have read the examples of "string to list" procedures and after I have | found a working procedure for transforming strings to lists. But how can | I write a procedure with this result (I call it "compress" because this | is the name in the Lisp I was using before, Cambridge Lisp)? | >(compress '(a b c d)) | >abcd | I absolutely need this procedure because (I think) it is not possible to | use (or at least would it be difficult) lists as property names. I need | to convert parts of lists into property names. I think your outlined algorithms look suspicious, but here goes (format nil "~{~S~}" <list of symbols>) another variety is (apply #'concatenate 'string (mapcar #'symbol-name <list of symbols>)) #\Erik -- Please address private replies, only, to "erik". Junk mail, spam, stupid flames, courtesy copies, etc, should be sent to "nobody".