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.

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