Name: symbol - read a symbol from a string

Synopsis:

string symbol -&gt; post any true 
false


Examples:

(1 2 hello) symbol -&gt; true 1 (2 hello) 
({1 2 add}) symbol -&gt; true /BeginProcedureSymbol (1 2 add})


Description:

reads a symbol from a string  and 
pushes true, the extracted symbol, and the remainder 
of the string. In contrast to the function token, 
procedures are not assembled but the individual symbols 
are returned. This enables the implementation of 
alternative parsers.


Author:

Diesmann


FirstVersion:

100107


SeeAlso:

token

Source:

/var/www/debian/nest/nest-simulator-2.20.0/lib/sli/typeinit.sli
