Reference for package '#rtl'

SetString

Set length of a string and copy buffer.

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 1263

  procedure SetString(out S: AnsiString; Buf: PAnsiChar; Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: AnsiString; Buf: PWideChar; Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: Shortstring; Buf: PChar; Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: UnicodeString; Buf: PUnicodeChar; 
                     Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: UnicodeString; Buf: PChar; Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: WideString; Buf: PWideChar; Len: SizeInt);
  procedure SetString(out S: WideString; Buf: PChar; Len: SizeInt);

Description

SetString sets the length of the string S to Len and if Buf is non-nil, copies Len characters from Buf into S. S can be an ansistring, a short string or a widestring. For ShortStrings, Len can maximally be 255.

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
SetLength Set length of a string or dynamic array.