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B7006 - How do I add a property to a property list from a variable?

by - Joseph Ganci

I want to add a property to a property list where the property is derived from a variable. For example, 

var1="property"
var2="value"
AddProperty(PropList,#var1,var2)

However the above will add a property "var1" not "property". How do I get around this?

The Symbol function will come to the rescue here.

AddProperty(ProperList, Symbol(var1), var2)

Symbol converts a string into a symbol.  Think of a symbol similarly to a constant in more mainstream programming languages, though this is a broad definition.  At any rate, a symbol contains both the # character and the property name, so there is no need to use the # character here.

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