# Convert string to package name
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, package, strings
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355 "2019-02-01T13:19:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@b-han](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/b-han)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355/1 "2019-02-01T13:19:53Z")
I’m trying to write a section of script that autonomously loads dependencies from a Julia package list.
It is easy to deal with the Pkg.install part with:
```julia
for pkg in PKG_LIST
if !in(pkg,keys(Pkg.installed()))
print(string(" Installing ",pkg,"...\n"));Pkg.add(pkg)
end
end
```
But when it comes to the _using_ part. The command _using_ receives no string as argument.
There has been [a post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-function-name/1547) discussing on how you can call a function from it’s stringed function name - but this method does not work here. When I try with
```julia
pkg=Symbol("Random")
using @eval $pkg
```
Julia returns me
```julia
ArgumentError: Package @eval not found in current path:
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("@eval")` to install the @eval package.
```
Is there any possible solution for this?
---
### Author:  [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355/2 "2019-02-01T13:23:19Z")
```julia
julia> pkg=Symbol("Random")
:Random
julia> using @eval $pkg
ERROR: ArgumentError: Package @eval not found in current path:
- Run `Pkg.add("@eval")` to install the @eval package.
Stacktrace:
[1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:817
julia> @eval using $pkg
julia> Random
Random
```
---
### Author:  [@b-han](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/b-han)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355/3 "2019-02-01T15:19:16Z")
Thanks! This solves it 😄
---
### Author:  [@00vareladavid](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/00vareladavid)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-string-to-package-name/20355/4 "2019-02-01T17:52:58Z")
By the way,
```julia
for pkg in PKG_LIST
if !in(pkg,keys(Pkg.installed()))
print(string(" Installing ",pkg,"...\n"));Pkg.add(pkg)
end
end
```
can be replaced with
```julia
Pkg.add(PKG_LIST)
```