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 ANSI Common Lisp    13 Characters    13.2 Dictionary of Characters
 
| 13.2.6  character | 
Function | 
  
 - Syntax:
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character
character
  
  denoted-character
  - Arguments and Values:
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character - a character designator.
denoted-character - a character.
 
  - Description:
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Returns the character denoted by the character designator.
  - Examples:
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 (character #\a)   #\a
 (character "a")   #\a
 (character 'a)   #\A
 (character '\a)   #\a
 (character 65.) is an error.
 (character 'apple) is an error.
 
  - Exceptional Situations:
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Should signal an error of type type-error if object is not a character designator.
  - See Also:
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coerce
  - Notes:
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 (character object) ==(coerce object 'character)
 
  - Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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 None.
  
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