type PAnsiChar = ^AnsiChar;
Description
The PAnsiChar type is a pointer to an AnsiChar value.
It can also be used to point to characters within an AnsiString, as in the example code.
As with other pointers, integer arithmetic, such as Inc and Dec can be performed on a PAnsiChar variable, also shown in the example.
Notes
PAnsiChar is principally used when processing null-terminated (C-like) strings.
Related commands
$ExtendedSyntax Controls some Pascal extension handling
AnsiChar A character type guaranteed to be 8 bits in size
AnsiString A data type that holds a string of AnsiChars
Dec Decrement an ordinal variable
Inc Increment an ordinal variable
PChar A pointer to an Char value
PWideChar Pointer to a WideChar
Example code : Display all characters in an AnsiString
var
myString : AnsiString;
myCharPtr : PAnsiChar;
i : Integer;
begin
// Create a string of AnsiChar's
myString := 'Hello World';
// Point to the first character in the string
i := 1;
myCharPtr := Addr(myString[i]);
// Display all characters in the string
while i <= Length(myString) do
begin
ShowMessage(myCharPtr^);
Inc(i);
Inc(myCharPtr);
end;
end;
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