scheme question:string->symbol, then accessing symbols value

["John Sidlo" <jsidlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know whether you can do this:  I have symbols created by defines

- (define %somesymbol% 17)

and would like to reference these symbols by taking the value of an
attribute, for example <tag role=%somesymbol%>, convert the string to a
symbol, and then reference the value of the symbol.  So far the only way
I've been able to do this is to scrap the (define...) and use an assoc list
instead

(define %listofsyms% '((%somesymbol% 17) (%othersymbol% 2)...)

John Sidlo
ModernAgeBooks
jsidlo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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