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21.2.50 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"

None..

See Also::

get-output-stream-string , with-output-to-string