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strecopy function

In unit sysutils

Copy a null-terminated string, return a pointer to the end.

Declaration

pascal
function StrECopy(dest: PAnsiChar; source: PAnsiChar): PAnsiChar

Description

Copies the Null-terminated string in Source to Dest, and returns a pointer to the end (i.e. the terminating Null-character) of the copied string.

Errors

No length checking is performed.

See also

Example: ex6

pascal
Program Example6;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrECopy function. }

Const P : PChar = 'This is a PCHAR string.';

Var PP : PChar;

begin
  PP:=StrAlloc (StrLen(P)+1);
  If Longint(StrECopy(PP,P))-Longint(PP)<>StrLen(P) then
    Writeln('Something is wrong here !')
  else
    Writeln ('PP= ',PP);
  StrDispose(PP);  
end.

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