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AssignStr

Assigns an ansistring to a null-terminated string.

Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 70

procedure AssignStr(

  var P: PString;

  const S: string

);

Description

AssignStr allocates S to P. The old value of P is disposed of.

This function is provided for Delphi compatibility only. AnsiStrings are managed on the heap and should be preferred to the mechanism of dynamically allocated strings.

Errors

None.

See also

NewStr

  

Allocate a new ansistring on the heap.

AppendStr

  

Append one ansistring to another.

DisposeStr

  

Dispose an ansistring from the heap.

Example

Program Example63;

{ This program demonstrates the AssignStr function }
{$H+}

Uses sysutils;

Var P : PString;

Begin
 P:=NewStr('A first AnsiString');
 Writeln ('Before: P = "',P^,'"');
 AssignStr(P,'A Second ansistring');
 Writeln ('After : P = "',P^,'"');
 DisposeStr(P);
End.

Documentation generated on: May 14 2021