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Syntax:

stringx =>string

Arguments and Values:

x---astring, asymbol, or acharacter.

string---astring.

Description:

Returns astring described byx; specifically:

• Ifx is astring, it is returned.
• Ifx is asymbol, itsname is returned.
• Ifx is acharacter, then astring containing that onecharacter is returned.
• string might perform additional,implementation-defined conversions.

Examples:

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

Affected By: None.

Exceptional Situations:

In the case where a conversion is defined neither by this specification nor by theimplementation, an error oftypetype-error is signaled.

See Also:

coerce,string (type).

Notes:

coerce can be used to convert asequence ofcharacters to astring.

prin1-to-string,princ-to-string,write-to-string, orformat (with a first argument ofnil) can be used to get astring representation of anumber or any otherobject.

• STRING-COERCION:MAKE-CONSISTENT
• CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-1-1