Function: characterp

characterp is a function defined in character.c.

Signature

(characterp OBJECT)

Documentation

Return non-nil if OBJECT is a character.

In Emacs Lisp, characters are represented by character codes, which are non-negative integers. The function max-char returns the maximum character code.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.1.

Aliases

wisent-char-p (obsolete since 28.1)

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/character.c
{
  return (CHARACTERP (object) ? Qt : Qnil);
}