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base-string

simple-base-string Types

Summary

The base string types.

Package

common-lisp

Signatures

base-string &optional size

simple-base-string &optional size

Arguments
size
The length of the string (or *, meaning any).
Description

base-string and simple-base-string are the types of base strings and simple base strings respectively.

If size is supplied, then it constrains the length of the string to that number of elements.

See also

base-string in the Common Lisp HyperSpec
simple-base-string in the Common Lisp HyperSpec
bmp-string
text-string
26.3 Character and String types


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