CLHS: System Class CHARACTER

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System Class CHARACTER

Class Precedence List:

character, t

Description:

A character is an object that represents a unitary token in an aggregate quantity of text; see Section 13.1 (Character Concepts).

The types base-char and extended-char form an exhaustive partition of the type character.

See Also:

Section 13.1 (Character Concepts), Section 2.4.8.1 (Sharpsign Backslash), Section 22.1.3.2 (Printing Characters)

The following X3J13 cleanup issues, not part of the specification, apply to this section:

- CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-3-1
- CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT

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