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string
  | Type: | - | function (subr) | 
  | Source: | - | xlstr.c | 
Syntax
- (string expr)
- expr - a symbol, character, integer or string expression
 returns - a string
Description
The 'string' function makes the 'expr' to be a string. If
the 'expr' is a string, it is returned, as is. If the
'expr' is a character, a one-character string is returned.
If the 'expr' is a symbol, the symbol is turned into a string.
If the 'expr' is an integer, a string representing the
character with an ASCII code of the lowest 8-bit of the intger will be
returned:
  |    | (string integer) | → | (code-char (rem integer 256)) | → | string | 
Examples
(string 'foo)        ; returns "FOO"
(string 'x)          ; returns "X"
(string "abcdef")    ; returns "abcdef"
(string #\a)         ; returns "a"
(string #\A)         ; returns "A"
(string #\Newline)   ; returns "\n"
See the
string
function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.
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