Standard Characters (ANSI and GNU Common Lisp Document)

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#### 2.1.3 Standard Characters

All implementations must support a character repertoire called standard-char; characters that are members of that repertoire are called standard characters .

The standard-char repertoire consists of the non-graphic character newline, the graphic character space, and the following additional ninety-four graphic characters or their equivalents:

      Graphic ID  Glyph  Description  Graphic ID  Glyph  Description
      LA01        a      small a      LN01        n      small n
      LA02        A      capital A    LN02        N      capital N
      LB01        b      small b      LO01        o      small o
      LB02        B      capital B    LO02        O      capital O
      LC01        c      small c      LP01        p      small p
      LC02        C      capital C    LP02        P      capital P
      LD01        d      small d      LQ01        q      small q
      LD02        D      capital D    LQ02        Q      capital Q
      LE01        e      small e      LR01        r      small r
      LE02        E      capital E    LR02        R      capital R
      LF01        f      small f      LS01        s      small s
      LF02        F      capital F    LS02        S      capital S
      LG01        g      small g      LT01        t      small t
      LG02        G      capital G    LT02        T      capital T
      LH01        h      small h      LU01        u      small u
      LH02        H      capital H    LU02        U      capital U
      LI01        i      small i      LV01        v      small v
      LI02        I      capital I    LV02        V      capital V
      LJ01        j      small j      LW01        w      small w
      LJ02        J      capital J    LW02        W      capital W
      LK01        k      small k      LX01        x      small x
      LK02        K      capital K    LX02        X      capital X
      LL01        l      small l      LY01        y      small y
      LL02        L      capital L    LY02        Y      capital Y
      LM01        m      small m      LZ01        z      small z
      LM02        M      capital M    LZ02        Z      capital Z

      Figure 2–3: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 1 of 3: Latin Characters)

      Graphic ID  Glyph  Description  Graphic ID  Glyph  Description
      ND01        1      digit 1      ND06        6      digit 6
      ND02        2      digit 2      ND07        7      digit 7
      ND03        3      digit 3      ND08        8      digit 8
      ND04        4      digit 4      ND09        9      digit 9
      ND05        5      digit 5      ND10        0      digit 0

      Figure 2–4: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 2 of 3: Numeric Characters)

      Graphic ID  Glyph  Description
      SP02        !      exclamation mark
      SC03        $     dollar sign
      SP04        "      quotation mark, or double quote
      SP05        '      apostrophe, or [single] quote
      SP06        (      left parenthesis, or open parenthesis
      SP07        )      right parenthesis, or close parenthesis
      SP08        ,      comma
      SP09        _      low line, or underscore
      SP10        -      hyphen, or minus [sign]
      SP11        .      full stop, period, or dot
      SP12        /      solidus, or slash
      SP13        :      colon
      SP14        ;      semicolon
      SP15        ?      question mark
      SA01        +      plus [sign]
      SA03        <      less-than [sign]
      SA04        =      equals [sign]
      SA05        >      greater-than [sign]
      SM01        #      number sign, or sharp[sign]
      SM02        %      percent [sign]
      SM03        &      ampersand
      SM04        *      asterisk, or star
      SM05        @      commercial at, or at-sign
      SM06        [      left [square] bracket
      SM07        \      reverse solidus, or backslash
      SM08        ]      right [square] bracket
      SM11        {      left curly bracket, or left brace
      SM13        |      vertical bar
      SM14        }      right curly bracket, or right brace
      SD13        `      grave accent, or backquote
      SD15        ^      circumflex accent
      SD19        ~      tilde

      Figure 2–5: Standard Character Subrepertoire (Part 3 of 3: Special Characters)

The graphic IDs are not used within Common Lisp, but are provided for cross reference purposes with ISO 6937/2. Note that the first letter of the graphic ID categorizes the character as follows: L—Latin, N—Numeric, S—Special.

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