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Ofs function

In unit System

Return offset of a variable.

Declaration

pascal
function Ofs(var X): LongInt

Description

Ofs returns the offset of the address of a variable. This function is only supported for compatibility. In Free Pascal, it returns always the complete address of the variable, since Free Pascal is a 32/64 bit compiler.

Errors

None.

See also

Example: ex44

pascal
Program Example44;

{ Program to demonstrate the Ofs function. }

Var W : Pointer;


begin
  W:=Pointer(Ofs(W)); { W contains its own offset. }
end.

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