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Function

character

character character ⇒ denoted-character

Arguments and Values

charactera character designator.
denoted-charactera character.

Description

Returns the character denoted by the character designator.

Examples

 (character #\a) ⇒  #\a
 (character "a") ⇒  #\a
 (character 'a) ⇒  #\A
 (character '\a) ⇒  #\a
 (character 65.) is an error.
 (character 'apple) is an error.

Exceptional Situations

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

See Also

coerce

Notes

 (character object) ≡ (coerce object 'character)

Backlinks

base-char, Character Repertoires, Character Scripts, Character Syntax Types, character, characterp, Characters Dictionary, coerce, Constituent Traits, Definition of Similarity, extended-char, Integrating Types and Classes, Introduction to Characters, make-string-output-stream, make-string, Modification of Literal Objects, open, Required Kinds of Specialized Arrays, Sharpsign, simple-array, simple-string, standard-char, stream-element-type, string-stream, string, Symbols in the COMMON-LISP Package, Type Relationships, Type Specifiers, upgraded-array-element-type, vector, with-output-to-string