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On Jul 17, 2:57=A0am, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman <zzbba...@aol.com> writes:
> > Thanks! =A0I believe I did look at the char* functions. If it had been
> > named char-at I would have gotten it.
>
> General functions are generally easier to find in the elisp manual.
>
> ---
> File: elisp, =A0Node: Top, =A0Next: Introduction, =A0Prev: (dir), =A0Up: =
(dir)
>
> Emacs Lisp
> **********
> ...
> * Text:: Examining and changing text in buffers.
> ...
> ---
>
> -> (info "(elisp) Text")
>
> And the first function of the first entry is what you were looking for.
>
> -ap

OK, thanks, I will check that in the future.