MidStr function

In unit StrUtils

Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.

Declaration

pascal

function MidStr(const AText: AnsiString; const AStart: SizeInt; 
 const ACount: SizeInt): AnsiString

Arguments

`AText`	String to copy characters from.
`AStart`	Position (in characters) to start copying from.
`ACount`	Number of characters to copy.

Function result

Resulting string.

Description

MidStr returns a string containing the first ACount bytes from the string AText starting at position AStart. If AStart+ACount is larger than the length (in characters) of AText, only as many characters as available are returned. If AStart is less than 1 or larger than the length of AText, then no characters are returned.

This function is equivalent to the standard Copy function, and is provided for completeness only.

Errors

None.