Re:

I didn't got the question, so just to check the list:

(sort '(#\a #\r #\e #\k) #'char<= )
would be the standard way to solve the problem of sorting a list of
characters. The second argument to sort is the predicate list used to
compare the elements of the list.

best,

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, kjetil halvorsen wrote:

~~~> (char-int #\a)
~~~97
~~~> 
~~~
~~~Kjetil Halvorsen
~~~
~~~Elbanhawy wrote:
~~~> 
~~~> Hi everybody, I am new to lisp and wanted top know how to convert a
~~~> char to its ascii number for sorting a list of characters....please
~~~> help.
~~~> Thanks,
~~~> 
~~~> Sherif
~~~


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