string (original) (raw)

ANSI Common Lisp 16 Strings 16.2 Dictionary of Strings

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

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.