## Function: COMMON-LISP:MAKE-STRING-OUTPUT-STREAM [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-COMMON--LISP-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#function) [![clhs](https://img.shields.io/badge/CLHS-MAKE--STRING--OUTPUT--STREAM-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_mk_s_2.htm) [![github](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-View_the_source-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999&logo=github)](https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/blob/master/src/code/stream.lisp/) > Return an output stream which will accumulate all output given it for the > benefit of the function GET-OUTPUT-STREAM-STRING. ### Lambda list ```cl (&key sb-impl::element-type) ```