String.to_existing_atom
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to_existing_atom
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Specs
Converts a string to an existing atom.
The maximum atom size is of 255 Unicode code points.
Inlined by the compiler.
Examples
iex> _ = :my_atom
iex> String.to_existing_atom("my_atom")
:my_atom