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ANSI Common Lisp  13 Characters 13.2 Dictionary of Characters
| 13.2.21 name-char |
Function |
- Syntax:
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name-char
name
 char-p
- Arguments and Values:
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name - a string designator.
char-p - a character or nil.
- Description:
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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:
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(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:
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Should signal an error of type type-error if name is not a string designator.
- See Also:
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char-name
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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None.
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