string (System Class) (ANSI and GNU Common Lisp Document)

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#### 16.2.1 string [System Class]

#### Class Precedence List::

string, vector, array, sequence, t

#### Description::

A string is a specialized vector whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, string means `(vector character)`.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(`string`{`[`size`]`})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

size—a non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

#### Compound Type Specifier Description::

This denotes the union of all types `(array c (size))` for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of strings of size size.

#### See Also::

String Concepts, Double-Quote, Printing Strings