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Re: Char Printing
From: |
Ryan Bowman |
Subject: |
Re: Char Printing |
Date: |
Wed, 25 May 2005 12:39:21 -0700 (PDT) |
--- Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ryan Bowman wrote:
> > Suppose I have an integer, say 10. If I (format
> "%c" 10)
> > it prints a newline.
>
> No, it returns a string containing just a linefeed
> character.
>
> > If I do (text-char-description 10) it prints
> "^J".
>
> No, it returns a string containing two characters,
> caret and capital J.
>
> > Is there a function that will take an int (10)
> and print "\n"?
>
> If you want to print a newline, use (terpri). If
> you want to insert a
> newline, use (insert ?\n).
>
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
Sorry I wasn't precise enough, I want something that
it returns a string containing the chars \ and n, I
can use text-char-description if I have to, but I'm
more use to \n than ^J.
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Ryan Bowman
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