char-code (Function)

Syntax:

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:

char-code-limit