CLCS
System Class

string

Class Precedence List

string, vector, array, sequence, t

Description

A string is a specialized vector whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, string means (vector character).

Compound Type Specifier Kind

Abbreviating.

Compound Type Specifier Syntax

(string{[size]})

Compound Type Specifier Arguments

sizea non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

Compound Type Specifier Description

This denotes the union of all types (array c (size)) for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of strings of size size.