:param name:  name of the macro varable to set:

            - name    is a character

def symget(self, name):
        """
        :param name:  name of the macro varable to set:

            - name    is a character

        """
        ll = self.submit("%put " + name + "=&" + name + ";\n")

        l2 = ll['LOG'].rpartition(name + "=")
        l2 = l2[2].partition("\n")
        try:
            var = int(l2[0])
        except:
            try:
                var = float(l2[0])
            except:
                var = l2[0]

        return var