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<span class="RktVal">255</span>, inclusive. The <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._byte%7E3f%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">byte?</a></span> predicate recognizes
numbers that represent bytes.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._byte%7E3f%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">byte?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#t</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._byte%7E3f%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">byte?</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">256</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#f</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>A <a name="(tech._byte._string)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">byte string</span> is similar to a string&#8212;<wbr></wbr>see
<a href="strings.html" data-pltdoc="x">Strings (Unicode)</a>&#8212;<wbr></wbr>but its content is a sequence of bytes
instead of characters. Byte strings can be used in applications that
process pure ASCII instead of Unicode text. The printed form of a
byte string supports such uses in particular, because a byte string
prints like the ASCII decoding of the byte string, but prefixed with a
<span class="RktInBG"><span class="hspace"></span><span class="RktIn">#</span><span class="hspace"></span></span>. Unprintable ASCII characters or non-ASCII bytes in the
byte string are written with octal notation.</p><blockquote class="refpara"><blockquote class="refcolumn"><blockquote class="refcontent"><p><span class="imageleft"><img src="magnify.png" alt="+" width="24" height="24"/></span><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=reader.html%23%2528part._parse-string%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x">Reading Strings</a> in <a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=index.html&amp;version=6.1" class="Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span style="font-weight: bold">The Racket Reference</span></a> documents the fine points of the syntax of byte strings.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktVal">#"Apple"</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#"Apple"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-ref%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-ref</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"Apple"</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">65</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._make-bytes%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">make-bytes</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">3</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">65</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#"AAA"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=define.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._define%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">define</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">b</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._make-bytes%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">make-bytes</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">2</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktSym">b</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#"\0\0"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-set%2521%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-set!</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">b</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">1</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-set%2521%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-set!</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">b</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">1</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">255</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktSym">b</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">#"\1\377"</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span> form of a byte string writes its raw bytes to the
current output port (see <a href="i_o.html" data-pltdoc="x">Input and Output</a>). Technically,
<span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span> of a normal (i.e,. character) string prints the UTF-8
encoding of the string to the current output port, since output is
ultimately defined in terms of bytes; <span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span> of a byte
string, however, writes the raw bytes with no encoding. Along the same
lines, when this documentation shows output, it technically shows the
UTF-8-decoded form of the output.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"Apple"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">Apple</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">"\316\273"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">same as </span><span class="RktVal">"&#206;&#187;"</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">&#206;&#187;</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=Writing.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._display%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">display</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"\316\273"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">UTF-8 encoding of </span>&#955;</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">&#955;</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table></p><p>For explicitly converting between strings and byte strings, Racket
supports three kinds of encodings directly: UTF-8, Latin-1, and the
current locale&rsquo;s encoding. General facilities for byte-to-byte
conversions (especially to and from UTF-8) fill the gap to support
arbitrary string encodings.</p><p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><p>Examples:</p></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-%7E3estring%252Futf-8%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-&gt;string/utf-8</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"\316\273"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">"&#955;"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-%7E3estring%252Flatin-1%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-&gt;string/latin-1</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"\316\273"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">"&#206;&#187;"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=parameters.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fmore-scheme..rkt%2529._parameterize%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">parameterize</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=encodings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._current-locale%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">current-locale</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">"C"</span><span class="RktPn">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">C locale supports ASCII,</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-%7E3estring%252Flocale%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-&gt;string/locale</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"\316\273"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">only, so...</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr">bytes-&gt;string/locale: byte string is not a valid encoding</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr">for the current locale</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr"></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktErr">byte string: #"\316\273"</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">&gt; </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=let.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fletstx-scheme..rkt%2529._let%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">let</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">cvt</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-open-converter%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-open-converter</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">"cp1253"</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktCmt">Greek code page</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">"UTF-8"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">]</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">dest</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._make-bytes%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">make-bytes</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">2</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-convert%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-convert</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">cvt</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">#"\353"</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">0</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVal">1</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">dest</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-close-converter%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-close-converter</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">cvt</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="http://download.racket-lang.org/docs/6.1/html/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&amp;rel=bytestrings.html%23%2528def._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._bytes-%7E3estring%252Futf-8%2529%2529&amp;version=6.1" class="RktValLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">bytes-&gt;string/utf-8</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">dest</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><p><span 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