In Common Lisp, is there a function that returns a symbol from a given string? -

i want

>(??? "car") car >((??? "car") '(1 2)) 1  

i can't seem find function this.

are looking this?

(eval (read-from-string "(car '(1 2))")) 

gives: 1

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update:

how (funcall (intern "car") '(1 2)) ? :)