TStream.ReadStr

Read a shortstring from the stream.

Declaration

Source position: objects.pp line 317

default 
  function ReadStr : PString;

Description

ReadStr reads a string from the stream, copies it to the heap and returns a pointer to this copy. The string is saved as a pascal string, and hence is NOT null terminated.

Errors

On error (e.g. not enough memory), Nil is returned.

See also

Name Description
TStream.StrRead Read a null-terminated string from the stream.

Example

Program ex13;
{
Program to demonstrate the TStream.ReadStr TStream.WriteStr functions
}
Uses objects;
Var P : PString;
    L : String;
    S : PStream;
begin
  L:='Constant string line';
  Writeln ('Writing to stream : "',L,'"');
  S:=New(PMemoryStream,Init(100,10));
  S^.WriteStr(@L);
  S^.Seek(0);
  P:=S^.ReadStr;
  L:=P^;
  DisposeStr(P);
  DisPose (S,Done);
  Writeln ('Read from stream : "',L,'"');
end.

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