char-code

char-code Function

Syntax:

char-code character → code

Arguments and Values:

character—a character .

code—a 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

Expanded Reference: char-code

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