From 1dcb89ad003a1fb631101e28c65aaffdc6d65b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert J. Chassell" Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:03:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Define `empty string' a second time, in a slightly more visible location. --- lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index 8807f5439e..d24ce67239 100644 --- a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ @comment %**end of header -@set edition-number 2.03 -@set update-date 2001 Dec 7 +@set edition-number 2.04 +@set update-date 2001 Dec 17 @ignore ## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats: @@ -4517,6 +4517,9 @@ The arguments to @code{string-lessp} must be strings or symbols; the ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves. +An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is +smaller than any string of characters. + @code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test functions that correspond to @var{>}, @code{>=}, or @code{<=}. -- 2.20.1