def symget(self, name):
ll = self.submit("<STR_LIT>" + name + "<STR_LIT>" + name + "<STR_LIT>")<EOL>l2 = ll['<STR_LIT>'].rpartition(name + "<STR_LIT:=>")<EOL>l2 = l2[<NUM_LIT:2>].partition("<STR_LIT:\n>")<EOL>try:<EOL><INDENT>var = int(l2[<NUM_LIT:0>])<EOL><DEDENT>except:<EOL><INDENT>try:<EOL><INDENT>var = float(l2[<NUM_LIT:0>])<EOL><DEDENT>except:<EOL><INDENT>var = l2[<NUM_LIT:0>]<EOL><DEDENT><DEDENT>return var<EOL>
:param name:  name of the macro varable to set:

    - name    is a character