string

ToC

Allegro CL version 7.0

ANSI Common Lisp

16.2.7 string

Function

Syntax:

string x

string

Arguments and Values:

x - a string, a symbol, or a character.

string - a string.

Description:

Returns a string described by x; specifically:

If x is a string, it is returned.
If x is a symbol, its name is returned.
If x is a character, then a string containing that one character is returned.
string might perform additional, implementation-defined conversions.

Examples:

 (string "already a string")  "already a string"
 (string 'elm)  "ELM"
 (string #\c)  "c"

Exceptional Situations:

In the case where a conversion is defined neither by this specification nor by the implementation, an error of type type-error is signaled.

See Also:

coerce, string (type).

Notes:

coerce can be used to convert a sequence of characters to a string.

prin1-to-string, princ-to-string, write-to-string, or format (with a first argument of nil) can be used to get a string representation of a number or any other object.

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.