Lisp question

I am stumped on this. How do I find the value and type of a symbol name
which will be passed from a VBA routine as a lisp function argument?

For example,

(setq Name "Rakesh")

(setq Age 35)

I need to write a function:

(ValueOf "Name")

should return "Rakesh"

(ValueOf "Age")

should return 35


Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.

Regards
Rakesh


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(eval Name)

Is that what you mean?

 

That's it. Thanks
Rakesh

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There is no need for a function to determine the value of a symbol. The
symbol is bound to its value and may be used wherever the value would be
used, just like in VBA:

(setq newValue (1+ Age))

You can verify this by simply evaluating the symbol at the command line:

Command: !Age
35

Command: !Name
"Rakesh"

As for determining the type of a symbol, use the TYPE function.

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Frank, he may not know that ! is shorthand for eval, to force the evaluation
of a symbol.