findSymbol

findSymbol(
t_name
[ ?namespace t_namespace ]
)
=> s_symbolName / nil

Description

Searches for a symbol that is specified as a string in the given namespace and returns its corresponding SKILL symbol.

Arguments

t_name	A string value to specify the name of the symbol you want to search for.
t_namespace	(Optional) The namespace in which you want to search for the symbol.

Value Returned

s_symbolName	The name of the symbol.
nil	No such symbol exists in the namespace.

Examples

(Namespace "my")

ns@my

'my:::aaa

my:::aaa

(findSymbol "aaa" ?namespace "my")

my:::aaa

(findSymbol "bbb" ?namespace "my")

nil

Related Topics

Namespace Functions

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