How to convert string to list in Common Lisp

Question

Just like

The String is

> "((1 0)(0 1))" 
required  
>((1 0)(0 1))

I am also using intern function but it returns in form of ((1\ 0)(0\ 1))

Renzo · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-24 05:41:52Z

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You can use read-from-string:

(read-from-string "((1 0)(0 1))")

This function has many parameters and returns two values: the first is what you need, the list:

 CL-USER> (car (read-from-string "((1 0)(0 1))"))
 (1 0)

You can read about this function in the official documentation.

answered May 24, 2017 at 5:41

Renzo

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