RE: reading a variable from the user

[Doug Lewan]

Drain,

Are you looking for a command or a function?

If you're looking for a command:
Francesco Mazzoli suggested `(interactive "v...")' for a command, and Tassilo 
Horn suggested using the help system: `C-h v <variable-name> RET'. There's also 
`M-x apropos', which will match regular expressions.
All of those make sense if this is for *your* consumption.

If you are looking for a function:
I don't know of any such function right off. You might want to learn about 
`obarray' and `(mapatoms)'.

I hope this helps.

,Doug

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> Is there a function that prompts the user in the mini-buffer, matches
> the
> string input with a local variable name, and then returns the variable?
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