StuffString function

In unit StrUtils

Replace part of a string with another string.

Declaration

pascal

function StuffString(const AText: string; AStart: Cardinal; 
 ALength: Cardinal; const ASubText: string): string

Arguments

`AText`	Text on which to operate.
`AStart`	Start of section to be replaced.
`ALength`	Length of section to be replaced.
`ASubText`	Text to insert at the indicated position.

Function result

Resulting string with indicated section replaced.

Description

StuffString returns a copy of AText with the segment starting at AStart with length ALength, replaced with the string ASubText. Basically it deletes the segment of Atext and inserts the new text in it's place.

Errors

No checking on the validity of the AStart and ALength parameters is done. Providing invalid values may result in access violation errors.