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Reference for unit 'sysutils' (#rtl)

FormatBuf

Format a string with given arguments and store the result in a buffer.

Declaration

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 142

function FormatBuf(

var Buffer;

BufLen: Cardinal;

const Fmt;

fmtLen: Cardinal;

const Args: array of Const

):Cardinal; function FormatBuf(

var Buffer;

BufLen: Cardinal;

const Fmt;

fmtLen: Cardinal;

const Args: array of Const;

const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings

):Cardinal;

Description

FormatBuf calls Format and stores the result in Buf.

Example

Program Example72;

{ This program demonstrates the FormatBuf function }

Uses sysutils;

Var
  S : ShortString;

Const
  Fmt : ShortString =  'For some nice examples of fomatting see %s.';

Begin
  S:='';
  SetLength(S,FormatBuf (S[1],255,Fmt[1],Length(Fmt),['Format']));
  Writeln (S);
End.

FormatBuf

Declaration

Description

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