common-lisp Streams Creating input streams from strings
Example
The macro WITH-INPUT-FROM-STRING can be used to make a stream from a string.
(with-input-from-string (str "Foobar")
(loop for i from 0
for char = (read-char str nil nil)
while char
do (format t "~d: ~a~%" i char)))
; 0: F
; 1: o
; 2: o
; 3: b
; 4: a
; 5: r
;=> NIL
The same can be done manually using MAKE-STRING-INPUT-STREAM.
(let ((str (make-string-input-stream "Foobar")))
(loop for i from 0
for char = (read-char str nil nil)
while char
do (format t "~d: ~a~%" i char)))
