Function: following-char

following-char is a function defined in editfns.c.

Signature

(following-char)

Documentation

Return the character following point, as a number.

At the end of the buffer or accessible region, return 0.

Other relevant functions are documented in the buffer group.

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Shortdoc

;; buffer
(following-char)
    e.g. => 67

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/editfns.c
{
  Lisp_Object temp;
  if (PT >= ZV)
    XSETFASTINT (temp, 0);
  else
    XSETFASTINT (temp, FETCH_CHAR (PT_BYTE));
  return temp;
}