character (System Class)

Class Precedence List:

character, t

Description:

A character is an object that represents a unitary token in an aggregate quantity of text; see Section 13.1 (Character Concepts).

The types base-char and extended-char form an exhaustive partition of the type character.

See Also:

Section 13.1 (Character Concepts), Section 2.4.8.1 (Sharpsign Backslash), Section 22.1.3.2 (Printing Characters)