|  | ANSI Common Lisp  13 Characters  13.2 Dictionary of Characters 
 
| 13.2.21  name-char | Function |  
 Syntax:
name-char
name
   char-p 
Arguments and Values:
name - a string designator.
char-p - a character or nil.
 
Description:
Returns the character object whose name is
name (as determined by string-equal - i.e.,  lookup is not case sensitive).
If such a character does not exist, nil is returned.
Examples:
(name-char 'space)  #\Space
(name-char "space")  #\Space
(name-char "Space")  #\Space
(let ((x (char-name #\a)))
  (or (not x) (eql (name-char x) #\a)))  true 
Exceptional Situations:
Should signal an error of type type-error if name is not a string designator.
See Also:
char-name
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None.
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