2.3.8 String Type

A string is an array of characters. Strings are used for many purposes in Emacs, as can be expected in a text editor; for example, as the names of Lisp symbols, as messages for the user, and to represent text extracted from buffers. Strings in Lisp are constants: evaluation of a string returns the same string.

See Strings and Characters, for functions that operate on strings.

• Syntax for Strings: How to specify Lisp strings.
• Non-ASCII in Strings: International characters in strings.
• Nonprinting Characters: Literal unprintable characters in strings.
• Text Props and Strings: Strings with text properties.