Reference for package '#rtl'

strpas

Convert a null-terminated string to a shortstring.

Declaration

Source position: strings.pp line 21

  function strpas(p: PChar) : shortstring;

Description

Converts a null terminated string in P to a Pascal string, and returns this string. The string is truncated at 255 characters.

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
StrPCopy Copy a pascal string to a null-terminated string

Example

Program Example3;
Uses strings;
{ Program to demonstrate the StrPas function. }
Const P : PChar = 'This is a PCHAR string';
var S : string;
begin
  S:=StrPas (P);
  Writeln ('S : ',S);
end.