@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2012
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2013 Free Software
+@c Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
-@setfilename ../../info/sequences
-@node Sequences Arrays Vectors, Hash Tables, Lists, Top
+@node Sequences Arrays Vectors
@chapter Sequences, Arrays, and Vectors
@cindex sequence
@noindent
See also @code{string-bytes}, in @ref{Text Representations}.
+If you need to compute the width of a string on display, you should
+use @code{string-width} (@pxref{Width}), not @code{length}, since
+@code{length} only counts the number of characters, but does not
+account for the display width of each character.
+
@defun elt sequence index
@cindex elements of sequences
This function returns the element of @var{sequence} indexed by
change the length of an existing array.
@item
-For purposes of evaluation, the array is a constant---in other words,
+For purposes of evaluation, the array is a constant---i.e.,
it evaluates to itself.
@item
@item
The subtype controls the number of @dfn{extra slots} in the
char-table. This number is specified by the subtype's
-@code{char-table-extra-slots} symbol property, which should be an
-integer between 0 and 10. If the subtype has no such symbol property,
-the char-table has no extra slots. @xref{Property Lists}, for
-information about symbol properties.
+@code{char-table-extra-slots} symbol property (@pxref{Symbol
+Properties}), whose value should be an integer between 0 and 10. If
+the subtype has no such symbol property, the char-table has no extra
+slots.
@end itemize
@cindex parent of char-table