Syntax:

character character => denoted-character

Arguments and Values:

character---a character designator.

denoted-character---a character.

Description:

Returns the character denoted by the character designator.

Examples:

 (character #\a) =>  #\a
 (character "a") =>  #\a
 (character 'a) =>  #\A
 (character '\a) =>  #\a
 (character 65.) is an error.
 (character 'apple) is an error.

Affected By: None.

Exceptional Situations:

Should signal an error of type type-error if object is not a character designator.

See Also:

coerce

Notes:

 (character object) ==  (coerce object 'character)

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