CLCS

Standard Characters

All implementations must support a character repertoire called standard-char; characters that are members of that repertoire are called standard characters .

The standard-char repertoire consists of the non-graphic character newline, the graphic character space, and the following additional ninety-four graphic characters or their equivalents:

                                                                            
Graphic ID Glyph Description Graphic ID Glyph Description
LA01      a  small a      LN01    n   small n     
LA02        A  capital A   LN02    N   capital N   
LB01      b  small b     LO01    o   small o     
LB02      B  capital B   LO02    O   capital O   
LC01      c    small c     LP01    p   small p     
LC02    C    capital C   LP02    P   capital P   
LD01     d    small d    LQ01    q   small q     
LD02      D     capital D   LQ02    Q   capital Q   
LE01      e     small e     LR01    r   small r     
LE02     E     capital E    LR02    R   capital R   
LF01     f    small f     LS01    s   small s     
LF02      F     capital F    LS02    S   capital S   
LG01    g    small g   LT01    t   small t
LG02     G    capital G    LT02    T   capital T   
LH01     h     small h      LU01    u   small u     
LH02     H    capital H    LU02    U   capital U   
LI01     i     small i      LV01    v   small v     
LI02       I     capital I    LV02    V   capital V   
LJ01       j   small j      LW01    w   small w     
LJ02      J     capital J   LW02    W   capital W   
LK01      k     small k      LX01    x   small x     
LK02     K     capital K    LX02    X   capital X   
LL01     l    small l      LY01    y   small y     
LL02     L     capital L   LY02    Y   capital Y   
LM01   m    small m      LZ01    z   small z     
LM02  M      capital M  LZ02    Z   capital Z   
Figure 2–3: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 1 of 3: Latin Characters)
                        
Graphic ID Glyph Description Graphic ID Glyph Description
ND01    1  digit 1   ND06  6 digit 6    
ND02     2  digit 2    ND07   7 digit 7   
ND03    3   digit 3   ND08   8  digit 8  
ND04    4  digit 4  ND09   9   digit 9     
ND05     5   digit 5 ND10    0  digit 0      
Figure 2–4: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 2 of 3: Numeric Characters)
Graphic ID Glyph Description
SP02        !exclamation mark                         
SC03        $dollar sign                              
SP04        "quotation mark, or double quote          
SP05        'apostrophe, or [single] quote            
SP06        (left parenthesis, or open parenthesis    
SP07        )right parenthesis, or close parenthesis  
SP08        ,comma                                    
SP09        _low line, or underscore                  
SP10        -hyphen, or minus [sign]                  
SP11        .full stop, period, or dot                
SP12        /solidus, or slash                        
SP13        :colon                                    
SP14        ;semicolon                                
SP15        ?question mark                            
SA01        +plus [sign]                              
SA03        <less-than [sign]                         
SA04        =equals [sign]                            
SA05        >greater-than [sign]                      
SM01        #number sign, or sharp[sign]              
SM02        %percent [sign]                           
SM03        &ampersand                                
SM04        *asterisk, or star                        
SM05        @commercial at, or at-sign                
SM06        [left [square] bracket                    
SM07        \reverse solidus, or backslash            
SM08        ]right [square] bracket                   
SM11        {left curly bracket, or left brace        
SM13        |vertical bar                             
SM14        }right curly bracket, or right brace      
SD13        `grave accent, or backquote               
SD15        ^circumflex accent                        
SD19        ~tilde                                    
Figure 2–5: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 3 of 3: Special Characters)

The graphic IDs are not used within Common Lisp, but are provided for cross reference purposes with ISO 6937/2. Note that the first letter of the graphic ID categorizes the character as follows: L—Latin, N—Numeric, S—Special.