String.to_atom
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to_atom
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Specs
Converts a string to an atom.
Warning: this function creates atoms dynamically and atoms are
not garbage-collected. Therefore, string
should not be an
untrusted value, such as input received from a socket or during
a web request. Consider using to_existing_atom/1
instead.
By default, the maximum number of atoms is 1_048_576
. This limit
can be raised or lowered using the VM option +t
.
The maximum atom size is of 255 Unicode code points.
Inlined by the compiler.
Examples
iex> String.to_atom("my_atom")
:my_atom