eval_string

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# `eval_string`

`eval_string` -- evaluates a string.

## Syntax

    eval_string (string)

## Arguments

`string`

  A string.

## Returns

The result of evaluating the `string` as if it were a Lisp expression.

## Description

This function evaluates a string as if it were a Lisp expression, regardless of whether the file syntax is Gamma or Lisp.

## Example

        Gamma> eval_string("(+ 5 6)");
        11
        Gamma> testvalue = 75;
        75
        Gamma> eval_string("testvalue");
        75
        Gamma>

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