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gensym

gensym — generates a unique symbol.

Synopsis

gensym (prefix_string?)

Arguments

prefix_string

A character string which will be used as the prefix for the newly generated symbol.

Returns

A unique symbol.

Description

This function generates a symbol which does not currently exist by attaching a unique number to the end of the prefix_string. If the prefix_string is nil, use a default prefix.

Example

Gamma> gensym("tag");
tag1
Gamma> gensym();
tmp_sym2
Gamma> tag3 = 1;
1
Gamma> gensym("tag");
tag4
Gamma>
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