character

character Function

Syntax:

character character → denoted-character

Arguments and Values:

character—a character designator .

denoted-character—a 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)

Expanded Reference: character

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