@comment %**end of header
-@set edition-number 2.03
-@set update-date 2001 Dec 7
+@set edition-number 2.04
+@set update-date 2001 Dec 17
@ignore
## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats:
ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of
symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves.
+An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is
+smaller than any string of characters.
+
@code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its
shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test
functions that correspond to @var{>}, @code{>=}, or @code{<=}.