strpcopy

Copy a pascal string to a null-terminated string

Declaration

Source position: strings.pp line 26

  function strpcopy(d: PChar; const s: string) : PChar;

Description

Converts the Pascal string in Se to a Null-terminated string, and copies it to D. D needs enough room to contain the string Source, i.e. Length(S)+1 bytes.

Errors

No length checking is performed.

See also

Name Description
StrPas Convert a null-terminated string to a shortstring.

Example

Program Example2;
Uses strings;
{ Program to demonstrate the StrPCopy function. }
Const S = 'This is a normal string.';
Var P : Pchar;
begin
  p:=StrAlloc (length(S)+1);
  if StrPCopy (P,S)<>P then
    Writeln ('This is impossible !!')
  else
    writeln (P);
  StrDispose(P);  
end.