symbol

symbol(x...) -> Symbol

Create a Symbol by concatenating the string representations of the arguments together.

Examples

Create a symbol from a single string:
```
julia> symbol("my_symbol")
:my_symbol
```
This example creates a symbol with the name "my_symbol".
Concatenate multiple strings to create a symbol:
```
julia> symbol("hello", "_", "world")
:hello_world
```
It concatenates the strings "hello", "_", and "world" to form the symbol :hello_world.
Use variables as arguments to create a symbol:
```
julia> name = "foo";
julia> num = 42;
julia> symbol(name, "_", num)
:foo_42
```
It uses variables name and num to create the symbol :foo_42.

Common mistake example:

julia> symbol("my symbol")
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching symbol(::String)

In this example, the string "my symbol" contains a space, which is not allowed in symbol names. Symbols should consist of valid identifier characters without spaces or special characters.

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