Re: How can I sort symbols in alphabetical order?

From: Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:53:11 +0100

"Mattias Nilsson" <mattiasn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> (sort '(car window apple) #'string< :key #'symbol-name)

grue@xxxxxxx (Timofei Shatrov) writes:
> (sort '(car window apple)
> (lambda (x y) (string< (symbol-name x) (symbol-name y))))

Note that sort is advertised as a destructive function, and you pass
it a quoted object.
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