make-string-output-stream [Function]

make-string-output-stream {&key element-type} => string-stream

Arguments and Values::

element-type---a type specifier. The default is character.

string-stream---an output string stream.

Description::

Returns

an output string stream that accepts characters and makes available (via get-output-stream-string) a string that contains the characters that were actually output.

The element-type names the type of the elements of the string; a string is constructed of the most specialized type that can accommodate elements of that element-type.

Examples::

 (let ((s (make-string-output-stream)))
   (write-string "testing... " s)
   (prin1 1234 s)
   (get-output-stream-string s))
=>  "testing... 1234"

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See Also::

section get-output-stream-string [Function] , section with-output-to-string [Macro]

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