make-string-output-stream

make-string-output-stream Function

Syntax:

make-string-output-stream &key element-type → string-stream

Arguments and Values:

element-type—a type specifier . The default is character.

string-stream—an output string stream.

Description:

Returns an output string stream that accepts characters and makes available (via get-output-stream-string) a string that contains the characters that were actually output.

The element-type names the type of the elements of the string; a string is constructed of the most specialized type that can accommodate elements of that element-type.

Examples:

(let ((s (make-string-output-stream))) 
  (write-string "testing... " s) 
  (prin1 1234 s) 
  (get-output-stream-string s)) 
→ "testing... 1234" 
None.. 

See Also:

get-output-stream-string, with-output-to-string

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