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StrLCat

   

Declaration:

Function StrLCat (Dest,Source : PChar; MaxLen : Longint) : PChar;

Description:

Adds MaxLen characters from Source to Dest, and adds a terminating null-character. Returns Dest.

Errors:

None.

See also:

StrCat

Example
Program Example12;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrLCat function. }

Const P1 : PChar = '1234567890';

Var P2 : PChar;

begin
  P2:=StrAlloc (StrLen(P1)*2+1);
  P2^:=#0; { Zero length }
  StrCat (P2,P1);
  StrLCat (P2,P1,5); 
  Writeln ('P2 = ',P2);
end.



Michael Van Canneyt
Thu Sep 10 13:59:33 CEST 1998