Re: Execute a string as a command

[Tim Johnson]

* Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> [151105 18:51]:
> 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))
  That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew about 'intern, but
  had tried eval, make-symbol and others to no evail.

  thanks very much.
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Tim 
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