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strmove function

In unit Strings

Move a null-terminated string to new location.

Declaration

pascal
function strmove(dest: PAnsiChar; source: PAnsiChar; l: SizeInt)
: PAnsiChar

Description

Copies MaxLen characters from Source to Dest. No terminating null-character is copied. Returns Dest

Errors

None.

See also

Example: ex10

pascal
Program Example10;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrMove function. }

Const P1 : PCHAR = 'This is a pchar string.';


Var P2 : Pchar;

begin
  P2:=StrAlloc(StrLen(P1)+1);
  StrMove (P2,P1,StrLen(P1)+1); { P2:=P1 }
  Writeln ('P2 = ',P2);
  StrDispose(P2);
end.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.