Apropos

characterFunction

    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)