Re: [ELISP] How do you turn an array of chars into a string?

[Joseph Brenner]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> What if you want to convert an array-of-chars into a string?
>
> A string *is* an array of chars.

Yes, I've heard that, but:

  (let ((mah-array  [?c ?a ?t])
        (mah-string "cat"))
        (equal mah-array mah-string))  ;; ==> nil

  (let ((mah-array  [?c ?a ?t])
        (mah-string "cat"))
        (string= mah-array mah-string))
   ;; Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp [99 97 116])

Though on the other hand:

  (equal
    (aref [?c ?a ?t] 2)
    (aref "cat" 2))      ;; ==> t

In any case, it doesn't exactly make sense to me to just say
that "a string is an array of chars".

I suppose you might say "a string is an array of chars, with a type
of 'string'".