Function: byte-to-string

byte-to-string is a function defined in editfns.c.

Signature

(byte-to-string BYTE)

Documentation

Convert arg BYTE to a unibyte string containing that byte.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.3.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/editfns.c
{
  unsigned char b;
  CHECK_FIXNUM (byte);
  if (XFIXNUM (byte) < 0 || XFIXNUM (byte) > 255)
    error ("Invalid byte");
  b = XFIXNUM (byte);
  return make_unibyte_string ((char *) &b, 1);
}