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Strings"" data-pltdoc="x">← prev</a> <a href="datatypes.html" title="up to "3 Built-In Datatypes"" data-pltdoc="x">up</a> <a href="keywords.html" title="forward to "3.7 Keywords"" data-pltdoc="x">next →</a></span> </div><h4 x-source-module="(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")" x-part-tag=""symbols"">3.6<tt> </tt><a name="(part._symbols)"></a>Symbols</h4><p>A <a name="(tech._symbol)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">symbol</span> is an atomic value that prints like an identifier
preceded with <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">'</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>. An expression that starts with <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">'</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
and continues with an identifier produces a symbol value.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'a</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._symbol%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">symbol?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#t</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>For any sequence of characters, exactly one corresponding symbol is
<span style="font-style: italic">interned</span>; calling the <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span> procedure, or
<span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Reading.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._read%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">read</a></span>ing a syntactic identifier, produces an interned
symbol. Since interned symbols can be cheaply compared with
<span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span> (and thus <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eqv%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eqv?</a></span> or <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._equal%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">equal?</a></span>), they serve
as a convenient values to use for tags and enumerations.</p><p>Symbols are case-sensitive. By using a <span class="stt">#ci</span> prefix or in
other ways, the reader can be made to case-fold character sequences to
arrive at a symbol, but the reader preserves case by default.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#t</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"a"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#t</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">b</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">A</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="stt">#ci</span><span class="RktVal">'A</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'a</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>Any string (i.e., any character sequence) can be supplied to
<span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span> to obtain the corresponding symbol. For reader
input, any character can appear directly in an identifier, except for
whitespace and the following special characters:</p><p><span class="hspace"> </span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">(</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">)</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">[</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">]</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">{</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">}</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">"</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">,</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">'</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">`</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">;</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">|</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\</span><span class="hspace"></span></span></p><p>Actually, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> is disallowed only at the beginning of a symbol,
and then only if not followed by <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">%</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>; otherwise, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> is
allowed, too. Also, <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">.</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> by itself is not a symbol.</p><p>Whitespace or special characters can be included in an identifier by
quoting them with <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">|</span><span class="hspace"></span></span> or <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">\</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>. These quoting
mechanisms are used in the printed form of identifiers that contain
special characters or that might otherwise look like numbers.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"one, two"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'|one, two|</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"6"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'|6|</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><blockquote class="refpara"><blockquote class="refcolumn"><blockquote class="refcontent"><p><span class="imageleft"><img src="magnify.png" alt="+" width="24" height="24"/></span><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528part._parse-symbol%2529&version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">Reading Symbols</a> in <a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span style="font-weight: bold">The Racket Reference</span></a> documents the fine points of the syntax of symbols.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">write</a></span> function prints a symbol without a <span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">'</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>
prefix. The <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span> form of a symbol is the same as the
corresponding string.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">write</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">Apple</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">Apple</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">Apple</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">Apple</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">write</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">|6|</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">|6|</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">|6|</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._gensym%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">gensym</a></span> and <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3euninterned-symbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->uninterned-symbol</a></span> procedures
generate fresh <span style="font-style: italic">uninterned</span> symbols that are not equal
(according to <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span>) to any previously interned or uninterned
symbol. Uninterned symbols are useful as fresh tags that cannot be
confused with any other value.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=define.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._define%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">define</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">s</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._gensym%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">gensym</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktSym">s</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'g42</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">s</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">g42</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=booleans.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">a</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3euninterned-symbol%2529%2529&version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->uninterned-symbol</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"a"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><blockquote class="refpara"><blockquote class="refcolumn"><blockquote class="refcontent"><p><span class="imageleft"><img src="magnify.png" alt="+" width="24" height="24"/></span><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html&version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">Symbols</a> in <a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span style="font-weight: bold">The Racket Reference</span></a> provides more on symbols.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" style="color: #888;" type="text" value="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, "6.1", "../");" onfocus="this.style.color="black"; this.style.textAlign="left"; if (this.value == "...search manuals...") this.value="";" onblur="if (this.value.match(/^ *$/)) { this.style.color="#888"; this.style.textAlign="center"; this.value="...search manuals..."; }"/></form> <a href="../index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot("6.1");">top</a></span><span class="navright"> <a href="bytestrings.html" title="backward to "3.5 Bytes and Byte Strings"" data-pltdoc="x">← prev</a> <a href="datatypes.html" title="up to "3 Built-In Datatypes"" data-pltdoc="x">up</a> <a href="keywords.html" title="forward to "3.7 Keywords"" data-pltdoc="x">next →</a></span> </div></div></div><div id="contextindicator"> </div></body></html>
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