Re: How to convert a char to a property

[TheFlyingDutchman]

On Jul 27, 1:29 am, Cecil Westerhof <Ce...@decebal.nl> wrote:
> I have the following property list:
>     (defvar dcbl-bbdb-user-defined-fields (list :L "mail-alias"
>                                                 :M "mailer"
>                                                 :P "playlist"
>                                                 :s "subjects"
>                                                 :t "type"
>                                                 :w "website")
>       "User defined fields in the bbdb with parameter to insert into buffer")
>
> With (getf dcbl-bbdb-user-defined-fields :M) I get "mailer".
>
> But I want to work parameter driven. So for example I have:
>      (setq parameters "MLst")
>      (setq current-char (string-to-char parameters))
>
> The variable current-char now contains 77. How could I use
> current-char to retrieve "mailer"?
>
> --
> Cecil Westerhof
> Senior Software Engineer
> LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof


(getf dcbl-bbdb-user-defined-fields
           (intern (concat
              ":"
              (char-to-string current-char)  )  )  )