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Indexed `empty string' definition.
| author | Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com> |
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| date | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:24:09 +0000 |
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| 4516 The arguments to @code{string-lessp} must be strings or symbols; the | 4516 The arguments to @code{string-lessp} must be strings or symbols; the |
| 4517 ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of | 4517 ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of |
| 4518 symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves. | 4518 symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves. |
| 4519 | 4519 |
| 4520 @cindex @samp{empty string} defined | |
| 4520 An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is | 4521 An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is |
| 4521 smaller than any string of characters. | 4522 smaller than any string of characters. |
| 4522 | 4523 |
| 4523 @code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its | 4524 @code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its |
| 4524 shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test | 4525 shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test |