pull value of text string

[Travis.Biddle]

I have a text item that I select with a selection set, lets say it reads "test" (but will vary).  How can I store the value "test" to use later on in the lisp.  I want to (setq a "value of the text from the selection set")

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

One way:

(setq a (cdr (assoc 1 (entget (car (entsel "\nText/Mtext object to pull text content from: "))))))