Scheme: Syntax for storing a variable in an alist

[Matthew Fong]

Hello everyone,

I am having a bit of an issue storing a variable in an alist, and I was wondering if you all could point out what I am doing wrong. If I write the string directly, there's no issue retrieving it ...

my-alist = #'((1  . "A") (2 . "B") (3 . "C"))

value = #(ly:assoc-get 2 my-alist " error")

\markup \value

hymnID = "210"

hymnMeter = "8.8.8.8"

hymnAlist = #'(("ID" . \hymnID ) ("Meter" . \hymnMeter ))

hymnValue = #(ly:assoc-get "ID" hymnAlist "error")

\markup \hymnValue

Many thanks,

mattfong