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strcopy

Copy a null-terminated string

Declaration

Source position: syspchh.inc line 25

function strcopy(

  dest: PChar;

  source: PChar

):PChar;

Description

Copy the null terminated string in Source to Dest, and returns a pointer to Dest. Dest needs enough room to contain Source, i.e. StrLen(Source)+1 bytes.

Errors

No length checking is performed.

See also

StrPCopy

  

Copy an ansistring to a null-terminated string.

StrLCopy

  

Copy a null-terminated string, limited in length.

StrECopy

  

Copy a null-terminated string, return a pointer to the end.

Example

Program Example4;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrCopy function. }

Const P : PCHar = 'This is a PCHAR string.';

var PP : PChar;

begin
  PP:=StrAlloc(Strlen(P)+1);
  STrCopy (PP,P);
  If StrComp (PP,P)<>0 then
    Writeln ('Oh-oh problems...')
  else
    Writeln ('All is well : PP=',PP);
  StrDispose(PP);  
end.
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