#### 16.2.3 simple-string [Type] ¶

#### Supertypes:: ¶

simple-string, string, vector, simple-array, array, sequence, t

#### Description:: ¶

A simple string is a specialized one-dimensional simple array whose elements are of type character or a subtype of type character. When used as a type specifier for object creation, simple-string means `(simple-array character (size))`.

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind:: ¶

Abbreviating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax:: ¶

(`simple-string`{`[`size`]`})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments:: ¶

size—a non-negative fixnum, or the symbol *.

#### Compound Type Specifier Description:: ¶

This denotes the union of all types `(simple-array c (size))` for all subtypes c of character; that is, the set of simple strings of size size.