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Title: TStrings

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1	+	A TStrings is a datatype that can hold an arbitrary length list of [[String\|strings]]. The strings in a TStrings are accessible as concatenated plain text or as a series of strings.
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3	+	Inheritance
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5	+	- [[TObject]] - Base class of all classes.
6	+	- [[TPersistent]] - Base class for streaming system and persistent properties - [[IFPObserved]] interface implemented by an object that can be observed.
7	+	- [[TStrings]] - Class to manage arrays or collections of strings
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9	+	Basic functionality:
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11	+	Methods
12	+	Add() - add a string to the list
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14	+	AddStrings() - Add contents of another stringlist to this list.
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16	+	Assign() - Assign the contents of another stringlist to this one.
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18	+	Clear() - Removes all strings and associated objects from the list.
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20	+	IndexOf() - Find a string in the list and return its position.
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22	+	IndexOfName()- Finds the index of a name in the name-value pairs.
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24	+	Insert() - Insert a string in the list.
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26	+	LoadFromFile() - Load the contents of a file as a series of strings.
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28	+	LoadFromStream() - Load the contents of a stream as a series of strings.
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30	+	SaveToFile() - Save the contents of the list to a file.
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32	+	SaveToStream() - Save the contents of the string to a stream.
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34	+	GetNameValue() - Return both name and value of a name,value pair based on it's index.
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36	+	ExtractName() - Extract the name part of a string
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38	+	properties
39	+	TextLineBreakStyle - Determines which line breaks to use in the Text property
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41	+	Delimiter - Delimiter character used in DelimitedText.
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43	+	DelimitedText - Get or set all strings in the list in a delimited form.
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45	+	StrictDelimiter - Should only the delimiter character be considered a delimiter
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47	+	QuoteChar - Quote character used in DelimitedText.
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49	+	NameValueSeparator - Value of the character used to separate name,value pairs
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51	+	ValueFromIndex - Return the value part of a string based on it's index.
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53	+	Capacity - Capacity of the list, i.e. number of strings that the list can currently hold before it tries to expand.
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55	+	CommaText - Contents of the list as a comma-separated string.
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57	+	Count - Number of strings in the list.
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59	+	Names - Name parts of the name-value pairs in the list.
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61	+	Objects - Indexed access to the objects associated with the strings in the list.
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63	+	Values - Value parts of the name-value pairs in the list.
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65	+	Strings - Indexed access to the strings in the list.
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67	+	Text - Contents of the list as one big string.
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69	+	## See also
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71	+	- [[doc:rtl/classes/tstrings.html\|TStrings doc]]
72	+	- [[TStringList]]
73	+	- [[TStringList-TStrings Tutorial]]
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75	+	---
76	+	From the Free Pascal wiki, page "TStrings", as it stood on 2017-02-23 after a change by Arent, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).
77	+	Category: Containers
78	+	Category: RTL

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