make-string

make-string Function

Summary

Creates and returns a string.

Package

common-lisp

Signature

make-string size &key initial-element element-type => string

Arguments

`size`⇩	A non-negative integer.
`initial-element`⇩	A character. The default is implementation-dependent.
`element-type`⇩	A type specifier. The default is defined below.

Values

string

A string.

Description

The function make-string behaves as specified in the ANSI Common Lisp Standard with one exception: the default value of element-type is the value of *default-character-element-type* or the type of initial-element if that is a supertype of *default-character-element-type*.

Therefore for strict compliance you must call set-default-character-element-type to set the default string element type to character.

size is used as specified by ANSI Common Lisp.