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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:

_size_---a 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.

See Also:

Section 16.1 (String Concepts), Section 2.4.5 (Double-Quote), Section 22.1.3.4 (Printing Strings)

The following X3J13 cleanup issues, not part of the specification, apply to this section:

• ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM
• CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-3-3
• CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-3-2

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