<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 7. Characters</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="ecl.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. Standards"><link rel="prev" href="ch06s02.html" title="6.2. Random-States"><link rel="next" href="ch07s02.html" title="7.2. Character names"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 7. Characters</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch06s02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Standards</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 7. Characters"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="sec.ansi.characters"></a>Chapter 7. Characters</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07.html#ansi.character-types">7.1. Character types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s02.html">7.2. Character names</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s03.html">7.3. Line Divisions</a></span></dt></dl></div><p><span class="application">ECL</span> is fully ANSI Common-Lisp compliant in all aspects of the character data type, with the following peculiarities.</p><div class="section" title="7.1. Character types"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="ansi.character-types"></a>7.1. Character types</h2></div></div></div><p>If compiled without Unicode support, <span class="application">ECL</span> all characters are implemented using 8-bit codes and the type <span class="type">extended-char</span> is empty. If compiled with Unicode support, characters are implemented using 24 bits and the <span class="type">extended-char</span> type covers characters above code 255.</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Type</th><th>With Unicode</th><th>Without Unicode</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="type">standard-char</span></td><td>#\Newline,32-126</td><td>#\Newline,32-126</td></tr><tr><td><span class="type">base-char</span></td><td>0-255</td><td>0-255</td></tr><tr><td><span class="type">extended-char</span></td><td>-</td><td>255-16777215</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch06s02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s02.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">6.2. Random-States </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 7.2. Character names</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
