Reference for package '#rtl'

StringElementSize

Get the character size of a string.

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 1321

  function StringElementSize(const S: RawByteString) : Word;  Overload;
  function StringElementSize(const S: UnicodeString) : Word;  Overload;

Description

StringCodePage returns the character size of a string (S), regardless of the string type. It accesses the internal structures of the string to retrieve this information. For an empty string, SizeOf(AnsiChar) (normally 1) is returned.

See also

Name Description
StringCodePage Get the code page of a string
StringRefCount Get the reference count of a string