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Copy a null-terminated string
Source position: syspchh.inc line 19
| function strcopy( | 
| dest: PChar; | 
| source: PChar | 
| ):PChar; overload; | 
| Dest: PWideChar; | 
| Source: PWideChar | 
| ):PWideChar; overload; | 
Copy the null terminated string in Source to Dest, and returns a pointer to Dest. Dest needs enough room to contain Source, i.e. StrLen(Source)+1 bytes.
No length checking is performed.
| 
 | Copy an ansistring to a null-terminated string. | |
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 | Copy a null-terminated string, limited in length. | |
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 | Copy a null-terminated string, return a pointer to the end. | 
Program Example4; Uses strings; { Program to demonstrate the StrCopy function. } Const P : PCHar = 'This is a PCHAR string.'; var PP : PChar; begin PP:=StrAlloc(Strlen(P)+1); STrCopy (PP,P); If StrComp (PP,P)<>0 then Writeln ('Oh-oh problems...') else Writeln ('All is well : PP=',PP); StrDispose(PP); end.