[plt-scheme] Character problem

Probably you want to call this function

  (define (char->symbol c) (string->symbol (string c)))

on each element of your list.

Robby

At Tue, 31 May 2005 09:52:53 -0400, Todd Dobmeyer wrote:
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> I am new to using Scheme. I am working on a Scheme project for a class 
> at Wright State University. We have to read in RPN (reverse polish 
> notation) expressions from a text file, convert this RPN string to a 
> list, and then manipulate the list to work with (eval) to find the 
> answer. I have everything working except for one part. That is when I 
> am trying to convert the string to a list. I can use the string-ref 
> with a counter in a loop to add each non-space character to the list 
> because we are guaranteed to have numbers or operators only. My 
> problem is that string-ref returns a character as #\5, which is the 
> way to define a character. But eval cannot work on individual 
> characters if you have a list of them. It needs the list to be '(+ 5 
> 3) and not '(#\+ #\5 #\3) if I understand this correctly. Is there a 
> simple way to truncate the #\ off each item? Thanks for any help you 
> have!
> 
> Todd Dobmeyer