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=== Reference === | === Reference === | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 28 December 2013
Free Pascal supports several types of characters and strings.
AnsiChar
A variable of type AnsiChar is exactly 1 byte in size, and contains one ASCII character.
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WideChar
A variable of type WideChar is exactly 2 bytes in size, and contains one Unicode character in UTF-16 encoding.
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PChar
A variable of type PChar is basically a pointer to a Char type, but allows additional operations. PChars can be used to access C-style null-terminated strings, e.g. in interaction with certain OS libraries or third-party software.
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PWideChar
A variable of type PWideChar is a pointer to a WideChar variable.
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