@cindex conversion of strings
This section describes functions for conversions between characters,
-strings and integers. @code{format} and @code{prin1-to-string}
+strings and integers. @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings})
+and @code{prin1-to-string}
(@pxref{Output Functions}) can also convert Lisp objects into strings.
@code{read-from-string} (@pxref{Input Functions}) can ``convert'' a
string representation of a Lisp object into an object. The functions