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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.8"/><title>3.6 Symbols</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../scribble.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="icons.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-style.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../doc-site.css" title="default"/><script type="text/javascript" src="../scribble-common.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../doc-site.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-redirect.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-user-redirect.js"></script><!--[if IE 6]><style type="text/css">.SIEHidden { overflow: hidden; }</style><![endif]--></head><body id="doc-racket-lang-org"><div class="tocset"><div class="tocview"><div class="tocviewlist tocviewlisttopspace"><div class="tocviewtitle"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="width: 1em;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" title="Expand/Collapse" class="tocviewtoggle" onclick="TocviewToggle(this,"tocview_0");">►</a></td><td></td><td><a href="index.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">The Racket Guide</a></td></tr></table></div><div class="tocviewsublisttop" style="display: none;" id="tocview_0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">1 </td><td><a href="intro.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Welcome to Racket</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">2 </td><td><a href="to-scheme.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Racket Essentials</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">3 </td><td><a href="datatypes.html" class="tocviewselflink" data-pltdoc="x">Built-<wbr></wbr>In Datatypes</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">4 </td><td><a href="scheme-forms.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Expressions and Definitions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">5 </td><td><a href="define-struct.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Programmer-<wbr></wbr>Defined Datatypes</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">6 </td><td><a href="modules.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Modules</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">7 </td><td><a href="contracts.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Contracts</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">8 </td><td><a href="i_o.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Input and Output</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">9 </td><td><a href="regexp.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Regular Expressions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">10 </td><td><a href="control.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Exceptions and Control</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">11 </td><td><a href="for.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Iterations and Comprehensions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">12 </td><td><a href="match.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Pattern Matching</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">13 </td><td><a href="classes.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Classes and Objects</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">14 </td><td><a href="units.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Units</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">15 </td><td><a href="reflection.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Reflection and Dynamic Evaluation</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">16 </td><td><a href="macros.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Macros</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">17 </td><td><a href="languages.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Creating Languages</a></td></tr><tr><td align="rig
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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>
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and continues with an identifier produces a symbol value.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._symbol%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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></div></p><p>For any sequence of characters, exactly one corresponding symbol is
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<span style="font-style: italic">interned</span>; calling the <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span> procedure, or
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Reading.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._read%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">read</a></span>ing a syntactic identifier, produces an interned
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symbol. Since interned symbols can be cheaply compared with
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span> (and thus <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eqv%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eqv?</a></span> or <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._equal%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">equal?</a></span>), they serve
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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
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other ways, the reader can be made to case-fold character sequences to
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arrive at a symbol, but the reader preserves case by default.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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></div></p><p>Any string (i.e., any character sequence) can be supplied to
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->symbol</a></span> to obtain the corresponding symbol. For reader
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input, any character can appear directly in an identifier, except for
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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,
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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
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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
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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
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mechanisms are used in the printed form of identifiers that contain
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special characters or that might otherwise look like numbers.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3esymbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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></div></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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528part._parse-symbol%2529&version=8.6" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">Reading Symbols</a> in <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">The Racket Reference</a> documents the fine points of the syntax of symbols.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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>
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prefix. The <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span> form of a symbol is the same as the
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corresponding string.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._write%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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></table></blockquote></div></p><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._gensym%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">gensym</a></span> and <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3euninterned-symbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">string->uninterned-symbol</a></span> procedures
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generate fresh <span style="font-style: italic">uninterned</span> symbols that are not equal
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(according to <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">eq?</a></span>) to any previously interned or uninterned
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symbol. Uninterned symbols are useful as fresh tags that cannot be
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confused with any other value.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara">Examples:</div><div class="SIntrapara"><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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=define.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._define%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._gensym%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">gensym</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=Equality.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._eq%7E3f%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._string-%7E3euninterned-symbol%2529%2529&version=8.6" 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></div></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="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=symbols.html&version=8.6" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">Symbols</a> in <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">The Racket Reference</a> provides more on symbols.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" id="searchbox" type="text" tabindex="1" placeholder="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, "8.6", "../");"/></form> <a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot("8.6");">top</a><span class="tocsettoggle"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" title="show/hide table of contents" onclick="TocsetToggle();">contents</a></span></span><span class="navright"> <a href="bytest
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