(elisp)Strings and Characters


Strings and Characters
**********************

   A string in Emacs Lisp is an array that contains an ordered sequence
of characters.  Strings are used as names of symbols, buffers, and
files; to send messages to users; to hold text being copied between
buffers; and for many other purposes.  Because strings are so important,
Emacs Lisp has many functions expressly for manipulating them.  Emacs
Lisp programs use strings more often than individual characters.

   Note: Strings of Events, for special considerations for strings of
keyboard character events.

Basics: String Basics. Basic properties of strings and characters.
Predicates for Strings: Testing whether an object is a string or char.
Creating Strings: Functions to allocate new strings.
Modifying Strings: Altering the contents of an existing string.
Text Comparison: Comparing characters or strings.
String Conversion: Converting to and from characters and strings.
Formatting Strings: `format': Emacs's analogue of `printf'.
Case Conversion: Case conversion functions.
Case Tables: Customizing case conversion.

automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9