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#### 13.2.17 char-int [Function]

`char-int` character ⇒ integer

#### Arguments and Values::

character—a character.

integer—a non-negative integer.

#### Description::

Returns a non-negative integer encoding the character object. The manner in which the integer is computed is implementation-dependent. In contrast to sxhash, the result is not guaranteed to be independent of the particular Lisp image.

If character has no implementation-defined attributes, the results of char-int and char-code are the same.

     (char= c1 c2) ≡ (= (char-int c1) (char-int c2))

for characters c1 and c2.

#### Examples::

     (char-int #\A) ⇒  65       ; implementation A
     (char-int #\A) ⇒  577      ; implementation B
     (char-int #\A) ⇒  262145   ; implementation C

#### See Also::

char-code