symbol from string

Hi, I want use a string saved in a variable like name of a symbol. If a='name', then i want to create a symbol called name (syms name). How can i do it?

Thanks a lot for your answers. Pietro Rossi

Answer 1

[Paulo Silva]

a='name'
syms(a)

[Pietro Rossi]

Now, how can I use this variable?

i.e a='name'

syms (a)

c=cos(name)

but i don't know string in a..

Answer 2

[Pietro Rossi]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!