Re: Execute a string as a command

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.1811.1446780244.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:

> Example : A string has the value of :
> "toggle-truncate-lines"
> 
> (setq string-wants-to-be-a-command "toggle-truncate-lines")
> 
> How may I convert 'string-wants-to-be-a-command to a command:
> I.E. => (toggle-truncate-lines) to be used programmatically?
> 
> thanks

(call-interactively (intern string-wants-to-be-a-command))

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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