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| author | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> | 2007-02-21 13:52:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> | 2007-02-21 13:52:27 +0000 |
| commit | 0dea6c8b706acddb0ea188307f924401dbebf093 (patch) | |
| tree | 148658588fdb54d0a530859953339a1b3407214b /lispref | |
| parent | d8506697cc4ed039cc2d6cb8a397e3ca58d5b648 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-0dea6c8b706acddb0ea188307f924401dbebf093.tar.gz | |
(Text Comparison): Mention that assoc-string
converts symbols to strings before testing.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/strings.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi index 207624f9642..e1824518abd 100644 --- a/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/lispref/strings.texi @@ -535,11 +535,12 @@ portion) is less. @defun assoc-string key alist &optional case-fold This function works like @code{assoc}, except that @var{key} must be a -string, and comparison is done using @code{compare-strings}. If -@var{case-fold} is non-@code{nil}, it ignores case differences. +string or symbol, and comparison is done using @code{compare-strings}. +Symbols are converted to strings before testing. +If @var{case-fold} is non-@code{nil}, it ignores case differences. Unlike @code{assoc}, this function can also match elements of the alist -that are strings rather than conses. In particular, @var{alist} can -be a list of strings rather than an actual alist. +that are strings or symbols rather than conses. In particular, @var{alist} can +be a list of strings or symbols rather than an actual alist. @xref{Association Lists}. @end defun |