NAME

atom_chars - interconvert atoms and lists of characters

SYNOPSIS

atom_chars(+Atom, ?List)
atom_chars(?Atom, +List)

DESCRIPTION

If Atom is instanitated, List is unified with the list of single character atoms that make up Atom's name.

If List is instantiated to a list of single character atoms, they are combined to form a single atom which is unified with Atom.

EXAMPLE

atom_chars(abc, [a, b, c])?

COMPATIBILITY

iProlog implements an extended form of atom_chars in which the elements of the instantiated List, may be atoms of any kind, eg:

: atom_chars(X, [fred, 123, xyz])?

X = fred123xyz