|  | ANSI Common Lisp  16 Strings  16.2 Dictionary of Strings 
 
| 16.2.1  string | System Class |  
 Class Precedence List:
string,
vector,
array,
sequence,
t
Description:
A string is a specialized vector 
whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character.  
When used as a type specifier for object creation,
string means (vector character).
 
Compound Type Specifier Kind:
Abbreviating.
Compound Type Specifier Syntax:
(string [size])
Compound Type Specifier Arguments:
size - a non-negative fixnum,
	    or the symbol *.
Compound Type Specifier Description:
This denotes the union of all types
(array c (size))
for all subtypes c of character;
that is, the set of strings of size size.
See Also:
Section 16.1 String Concepts,
Section 2.4.5 Double-Quote,
Section 22.1.3.4 Printing Strings
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |