type : WideChar = #0..#65535;
Description
The WideChar type is a simple variable type used to hold a single character that supports International character sets.
WideChar types are 16 bits in size, providing support for multi-byte International character sets such as Chinese, which have vast numbers of characters (idiograms) in their character sets.
It can be assigned from a character constant, or an integer.
Related commands
Char Variable type holding a single character
PWideChar Pointer to a WideChar
WideString A data type that holds a string of WideChars
Example code : Different ways of assigning to and from a WideChar
var
myChar : WideChar;
begin
myChar := 'G'; // Assign from a character constant
ShowMessage('Letter G = '+myChar);
myChar := #65; // Assign from an integer constant
ShowMessage('#65 = '+myChar);
myChar := ^I; // Assign from a control char - tab
ShowMessage('Control '+myChar+' character');
myChar := Chr(66); // Using Chr to convert a number
ShowMessage('Chr(66) = '+myChar);
myChar := WideChar(67); // Using WideChar as a standard cast
ShowMessage('WideChar(67) = '+myChar);
end;
Show full unit code
Letter G = G
#65 = A
Control character
Chr(66) = B
Char(67) = C