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AnsiLastChar

Return a pointer to the last character of a string.

Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 102

  function AnsiLastChar(const S: string) : PChar;

Description

This function returns a pointer to the last character of S.

Remark

A widestring manager must be installed in order for this function to work correctly with various character sets. If none is installed, this function is the same as @S[Length[S]]. !!!

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
AnsiStrLastChar Return a pointer to the last character of a string.

Example

Program Example52;
{ This program demonstrates the AnsiLastChar function }
Uses sysutils;
Var S : AnsiString;
    L : Longint;
Begin
  S:='This is an ansistring.';
  Writeln ('Last character of S is : ',AnsiLastChar(S));
  L:=Longint(AnsiLastChar(S))-Longint(@S[1])+1;
  Writeln ('Length of S is : ',L);
End.