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13.2.20 char-name | Function
  Syntax: char-name character name Arguments and Values: character - a character. name - a string or nil. Description: Returns a string that is the name of the character, or nil if the character has no name. All non-graphic characters are required to have names unless they have some implementation-defined attribute which is not null. Whether or not other characters have names is implementation-dependent. The standard characters <Newline> and <Space> have the respective names `"Newline"` and `"Space"`. The semi-standard characters <Tab>, <Page>, <Rubout>, <Linefeed>, <Return>, and <Backspace> (if they are supported by the implementation) have the respective names `"Tab"`, `"Page"`, `"Rubout"`, `"Linefeed"`, `"Return"`, and `"Backspace"` (in the indicated case, even though name lookup by "`#\`" and by the function name-char is not case sensitive). Examples:
       (char-name #\ )  "Space"
       (char-name #\Space)  "Space"
       (char-name #\Page)  "Page"

       (char-name #\a)
        NIL
      OR"LOWERCASE-a"
      OR"Small-A"
      OR"LA01"

       (char-name #\A)
        NIL
      OR"UPPERCASE-A"
      OR"Capital-A"
      OR"LA02"

       ;; Even though its CHAR-NAME can vary, #\A prints as #\A
       (prin1-to-string (read-from-string (format nil "#\\~A" (or (char-name #\A) "A"))))
       "#\\A"
Exceptional Situations: Should signal an error of type type-error if character is not a character. See Also: name-char, Section 22.1.3.2 Printing Characters Notes: Non-graphic characters having names are written by the Lisp printer as "`#\`" followed by the their name; see Section 22.1.3.2 Printing Characters. Allegro CL Implementation Details: None.

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