char-code [Function]

char-code character => code

Arguments and Values::

character---a character.

code---a character code.

Description::

char-code returns the code attribute of character.

Examples::

;; An implementation using ASCII character encoding 
;; might return these values:
(char-code #\$) =>  36
(char-code #\a) =>  97

Exceptional Situations::

Should signal an error of type type-error if character is not a character.

See Also::

section char-code-limit [Constant Variable]

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