Outline 33: Characters and Strings

Held: Friday, 1 November 2013

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Summary

We consider characters and strings, two basic types in Scheme. Strings are used to represent text in Scheme, and characters are the building blocks of strings.

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Overview

Representing text.
Characters: The basic building blocks.
Combining characters into strings.

Administrivia

Reminder: The optional prologue for the exam is due tonight at 5pm
Upcoming extra credit opportunities:
- Any one Grinnell prize event next week
- Thursday extras next week: Reports from internships (I think)
- Grinnell Town Hall Meeting, Nov 13 noon or 7:30, I believe

Characters and Strings

Characters: The building blocks of strings
Strings: Collections of characters
Together: The basics types for input and output in Scheme.
Also: A nice way to name things.

Lab

Do the lab.
Be prepared to reflect.

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