CreateFirstIdentifier function
Gets the name for the first identifier represented by the value specified in Identifier.
Declaration
function CreateFirstIdentifier(const Identifier: string): stringDescription
CreateFirstIdentifier removes any numeric characters found at the
end of
Identifier, and replaces them with the value '1'.
For example:
AIdent := CreateFirstIdentifier('Edit9');
// AIdent = 'Edit1'
CreateFirstIdentifier is used to implement code macros, key mappings, and menu items in the Lazarus IDE.
Use CreateNextIdentifier to get the next name for a specified identifier value.
See also
An experiment, built from Lazarus main 2dfa93c66e of 10-22-2026. Not the official Lazarus documentation.