# HG changeset patch # User Robert J. Chassell # Date 1008615795 0 # Node ID dcab51f5352e51454868a9f61650d214a235a4e8 # Parent 7a239c5cc1edc6d0b43f71fa1ea632debd62f40d Define `empty string' a second time, in a slightly more visible location. diff -r 7a239c5cc1ed -r dcab51f5352e lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi --- a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi Mon Dec 17 16:00:30 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi Mon Dec 17 19:03:15 2001 +0000 @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ @comment %**end of header -@set edition-number 2.03 -@set update-date 2001 Dec 7 +@set edition-number 2.04 +@set update-date 2001 Dec 17 @ignore ## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats: @@ -4517,6 +4517,9 @@ ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves. +An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is +smaller than any string of characters. + @code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test functions that correspond to @var{>}, @code{>=}, or @code{<=}.