<p>Is there a function in Common Lisp that takes a string as an argument and returns a keyword?</p>

<p>Example: <code>(keyword "foo")</code> -> <code>:foo</code></p>

```
```
(intern "foo" "KEYWORD") -> :foo
```
```
See the
Strings section
of the
Common Lisp Cookbook
for other string/symbol conversions and a detailed discussion of symbols and packages.