#### 16.2.1 string [System Class] ¶

#### Class Precedence List:: ¶

string, vector, array, sequence, t

#### Description:: ¶

A string is a specialized vector whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, string means `(vector character)`.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind:: ¶

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax:: ¶

(`string`{`[`size`]`})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments:: ¶

size—a non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

#### Compound Type Specifier Description:: ¶

This denotes the union of all types `(array c (size))` for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of strings of size size.

#### See Also:: ¶

String Concepts, Double-Quote, Printing Strings