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Function

char-code

char-code character ⇒ code

Arguments and Values

charactera character.
codea character code.

Description

char-code returns the code attribute of character.

Examples

;; An implementation using ASCII character encoding 
;; might return these values:
(char-code #\$) ⇒  36
(char-code #\a) ⇒  97

Exceptional Situations

Should signal an error of type type-error if character is not a character.

See Also

char-code-limit

Backlinks

char-code-limit, char-int, Character Attributes, Characters Dictionary, code-char, coerce, Introduction to Characters, Symbols in the COMMON-LISP Package