vl-symbol-name

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V Functions

vl-symbol-value

vl-symbol-name

Returns a string containing the name of a symbol

(vl-symbol-name  symbol)

Arguments

Return Values

A string containing the name of the supplied symbol argument, in uppercase.

Examples

_$ (vl-symbol-name 'S::STARTUP)

"S::STARTUP"

_$ (progn (setq sym 'my-var)
(vl-symbol-name sym))

"MY-VAR"

_$ (vl-symbol-name 1)

; *** ERROR: bad argument type: symbolp 1

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