Syntax:

char-int character => integer

Arguments and Values:

character---a character.

integer---a non-negative integer.

Description:

Returns a non-negative integer encoding the character object. The manner in which the integer is computed is implementation-dependent. In contrast to sxhash, the result is not guaranteed to be independent of the particular Lisp image.

If character has no implementation-defined attributes, the results of char-int and char-code are the same.

 (char= c1 c2) ==  (= (char-int c1) (char-int c2))

Examples:

 (char-int #\A) =>  65       ; implementation A
 (char-int #\A) =>  577      ; implementation B
 (char-int #\A) =>  262145   ; implementation C

Affected By: None.

Exceptional Situations: None.

See Also:

char-code

Notes: None.

• CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-1-2