#### 13.2.16 char-code [Function]

`char-code` character ⇒ code

#### Arguments and Values::

character—a character.

code—a character code.

#### Description::

char-code returns the code attribute of character.

#### Examples::

    ;; An implementation using ASCII character encoding
    ;; might return these values:
    (char-code #\$) ⇒  36
    (char-code #\a) ⇒  97

#### Exceptional Situations::

Should signal an error of type type-error if character is not a character.

#### See Also::

char-code-limit