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== WideChar ==
 
== WideChar ==
  
A variable of type '''WideChar''', also referred to as '''UnicodeChar''', is exactly 2 bytes in size, and contains one (part of) [[LCL Unicode Support/fr|Unicode]] character in UTF-16 encoding.
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Une variable du type '''WideChar''', aussi mentionnée comme'''UnicodeChar''', est exactement d'une taille de 2 octets, et contient une partie des caractères [[LCL Unicode Support/fr|Unicode]] dans l'encodage UTF-16.
Note: it is impossible to encode all Unicode code points in 2 bytes. Therefore, 2 WideChars may be needed to encode a single code point.
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Note : il est impossible d'encodes tous les points de code Unicode dans 2 octets. En conséquence, 2 WideChars pourraient être nécessaire pour encoder un simple point de code.
  
 
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Free Pascal supportes plusieurs types de caractères et de chaînes. Il s'étendent du simple caractère ANSI aux chaînes Unicode et incluent aussi les types pointer. Les différence s'appliquent aussi aux encodages et au comptage de référence.

AnsiChar

Une variable de type AnsiChar, aussi mentionnée comme char, a une taille d'exactement un octet et contient un caractère ANSI.

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WideChar

Une variable du type WideChar, aussi mentionnée commeUnicodeChar, est exactement d'une taille de 2 octets, et contient une partie des caractères Unicode dans l'encodage UTF-16. Note : il est impossible d'encodes tous les points de code Unicode dans 2 octets. En conséquence, 2 WideChars pourraient être nécessaire pour encoder un simple point de code.

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Array of Char

Early Pascal implementations that were in use before 1978 didn't support a string type (with the exception of string constants). The only possibility to store strings in variables was the use of arrays of char. This approach has many disadvantages and is no longer recommended. It is, however, still supported to ensure backward-compatibility with ancient code.

Static Array of Char

type
  TOldString4 = array[0..3] of char;
var
  aOldString4: TOldString4; 
begin
  aOldString4[0] := 'a';
  aOldString4[1] := 'b';
  aOldString4[2] := 'c';
  aOldString4[3] := 'd';
end;

The static array of char has now the content:

a b c d
Light bulb  Remarque: Unassigned chars can have any content, depending on what was just in memory when the memory for the array was made available.

Dynamic Array of Char

var
  aOldString: Array of Char; 
begin
  SetLength(aOldString, 5);
  aOldString[0] := 'a';
  aOldString[1] := 'b';
  aOldString[2] := 'c';
  aOldString[3] := 'd';
end;

The dynamic array of char has now the content:

a b c d #0
Light bulb  Remarque: Unassigned chars in dynamic arrays have a content #0, cause empty positions of all dynamic arrays are initially initialised with 0 (or #0, or nil, or ...)

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.

a b c #0
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PWideChar

A variable of type PWideChar is a pointer to a WideChar variable.

a b c #0 #0
^

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String

The type String may refer to ShortString or AnsiString, depending from the {$H} switch. If the switch is off ({$H-}) then any string declaration will define a ShortString. It size will be 255 chars, if not otherwise specified. If it is on ({$H+}) string without length specifier will define an AnsiString, otherwise a ShortString with specified length.

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ShortString

Short strings have a maximum length of 255 characters with the implicit codepage CP_ACP. The length is stored in the character at index 0.

#3 a b c

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AnsiString

Ansistrings or UTF8Strings are strings that have no length limit. They are reference counted and are guaranteed to be null terminated. Internally, a variable of type AnsiString is treated as a pointer: the actual content of the string is stored on the heap, as much memory as needed to store the string content is allocated.

a b c #0
RefCount Length

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UnicodeString

Like AnsiStrings, UnicodeStrings are reference counted, null-terminated arrays, but they are implemented as arrays of WideChars instead of regular Chars.

Light bulb  Remarque: The UnicodeString naming is a bit ambiguous but probably due to its use in Delphi on Windows, where the OS uses UTF16 encoding; it's not the only string type that can hold Unicode string data (see also UTF8String)...
a b c #0 #0
RefCount Length

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UTF8String

Currently, the type UTF8String is an alias to the type AnsiString. It is meant to contain UTF8 encoded strings (i.e. unicode data ranging from 1..4 bytes per character). UTF8String is the default string in Lazarus and LCL.

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UTF16String

The type UTF16String is an alias to the type WideString. In the LCL unit lclproc it is an alias to UnicodeString.

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WideString

Variables of type WideString (used to represent unicode character strings in COM applications) resemble those of type UnicodeString, but unlike them they are not reference-counted. On Windows they are allocated with a special windows function which allows them to be used for OLE automation.

WideStrings consist of COM compatible UTF16 encoded bytes on Windows machines (UCS2 on Windows 2000), and they are encoded as plain UTF16 on Linux, Mac OS X and iOS.

a b c #0 #0
Length

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PShortString

A variable of type PShortString is a pointer that points to the first byte of a ShortString-type variable (which defines the length of the ShortString).

#3 a b c
^

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PAnsiString

Variables of type PAnsiString are pointers to AnsiString-type variables. However, unlike PShortString-type variables they don't point to the first byte of the header, but to the first char of the AnsiString.

a b c #0
RefCount Length ^

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PUnicodeString

Variables of type PUnicodeString are pointers to variables of type UnicodeString.

a b c #0 #0
RefCount Length ^

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PWideString

Variables of type PWideString are pointers. They point to the first char of a WideString-typed variable.

a b c #0 #0
Length ^

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See also