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'''Assigned''' is a function defined in the [[System unit]] of the Free Pascal [[RTL|Runtime Library]]. It is used to determine if certain types of variables have been given a value:
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">Assigned</syntaxhighlight> is a [[Function|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">function</syntaxhighlight>]] defined in the [[System unit]] of the [[FPC|Free Pascal]] [[RTL|Runtime Library]]. It is used to determine if certain [[Type|types]] of [[Variable|variables]] have been given a value:
*[[Pointer|Pointer variables]]
*[[Pointer|Pointer variables]]
*[[Procedural variable]]s and method procedural variables
*[[Procedural variable]]s and method procedural variables
*[[Class|Class variables]]
*[[Class|Class variables]]


<syntaxhighlight>
The <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">function assigned</syntaxhighlight> receives a [[Boolean|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">boolean</syntaxhighlight>]] value <syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">false</syntaxhighlight> if the type pointer assigned to it indicates a [[Nil|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">nil</syntaxhighlight>]] value
 
<syntaxhighlight  lang="Pascal">
function Assigned( P: Pointer ) : Boolean;
function Assigned( P: Pointer ) : Boolean;
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
== see also ==
* {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=assigned|text=<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">Assigned</syntaxhighlight>}}

Revision as of 20:05, 16 July 2019

English (en)

Assigned is a function defined in the System unit of the Free Pascal Runtime Library. It is used to determine if certain types of variables have been given a value:

The function assigned receives a boolean value false if the type pointer assigned to it indicates a nil value

function Assigned( P: Pointer ) : Boolean;

see also