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<div><h1>getGlobalSymbol -- create a global symbol in a global dictionary</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>getGlobalSymbol(dict,nam)</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>dict</tt>, <span>an object of class <a href="___Global__Dictionary.html" title="the class of all global dictionaries">GlobalDictionary</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>nam</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>the new symbol is stored under the name <tt>nam</tt> in the dictionary <tt>dict</tt></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>a new global symbol whose name is the string <tt>nam</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : d = new Dictionary
o1 = d
o1 : GlobalDictionary</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : sym = getGlobalSymbol(d,"foo")
o2 = foo
o2 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : d
o3 = d
o3 : GlobalDictionary</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : peek d
o4 = GlobalDictionary{"foo" => foo}</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : d#"foo" === sym
o5 = true</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i6 : d#"asfd" = sym
o6 = foo
o6 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i7 : peek d
o7 = GlobalDictionary{"asfd" => foo}
"foo" => foo</pre>
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