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FillByte

Fill memory region with 8-bit pattern

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 871

  procedure FillByte(var x; count: SizeInt; value: Byte);

Description

FillByte fills the memory starting at X with Count bytes with value equal to Value. This is useful for quickly zeroing out a memory location. When the size of the memory location to be filled out is a multiple of 2 bytes, it is better to use Fillword , and if it is a multiple of 4 bytes it is better to use FillDWord , these routines are optimized for their respective sizes.

Errors

No checking on the size of X is done.

See also

Name Description
Fillchar Fill memory region with certain character
FillDWord Fill memory region with 32-bit pattern
Fillword Fill memory region with 16-bit pattern
Move Move data from one location in memory to another

Example

Program Example103;
{ Program to demonstrate the FillByte function. }
Var S : String[10];
    I : Byte;
begin
  For i:=10 downto 0 do
    begin
    { Fill S with i bytes }
    FillByte (S,SizeOf(S),32);
    { Set Length }
    SetLength(S,I);
    Writeln (s,'*');
    end;
end.