From: "Ball, Donald A Jr (Library)" <donald.ball@...>
Date: 2007-05-23T06:01:57+09:00
Subject: Re: string -> symbol

> >more generally, is there some easy way to convert strings to symbols 
> >that i've missed?
> 
> Is String#to_sym (or String#intern) what you looking for?

Which one is in fact preferred?

- donald