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ANSI Common Lisp 16 Strings 16.2 Dictionary of Strings
- Syntax:
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string
x
string
- Arguments and Values:
-
x - a string, a symbol, or a character.
string - a string.
- Description:
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Returns a string described by x; specifically:
- Examples:
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(string "already a string") "already a string"
(string 'elm) "ELM"
(string #\c) "c"
- Exceptional Situations:
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In the case where a conversion is defined neither by this specification nor
by the implementation, an error of type type-error is signaled.
- See Also:
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coerce,
string (type).
- Notes:
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coerce can be used to convert a sequence of characters
to a string.
prin1-to-string, princ-to-string, write-to-string,
or format (with a first argument of nil) can be used to get a
string representation of a number or any other object.
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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None.
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