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StrBufSize

Return the size of a null-terminated string allocated on the heap.

Declaration

Source position: syspchh.inc line 42

function StrBufSize(

  Str: PChar

):Cardinal;

function StrBufSize(

  str: PWideChar

):Cardinal;

Description

StrBufSize returns the memory allocated for Str. This function ONLY gives the correct result if Str was allocated using StrAlloc.

Errors

If no more memory is available, a runtime error occurs.

See also

StrAlloc

  

Allocate a null-terminated string on the heap.

StrDispose

  

Dispose of a null-terminated string on the heap.

Example

Program Example46;

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

Uses sysutils;

Const S  = 'Some nice string';

Var P : Pchar;

Begin
   P:=StrAlloc(Length(S)+1);
   StrPCopy(P,S);
   Write (P, ' has length ',length(S));
   Writeln (' and  buffer size ',StrBufSize(P));
   StrDispose(P);
End.

Documentation generated on: Mar 17 2017