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StrNew

   

Declaration:

Function StrNew (P : PChar) : PChar;

Description:

Copies P to the Heap, and returns a pointer to the copy.

Errors:

Returns Nil if no memory was available for the copy.

See also:

New (), StrCopy, StrDispose

Example
Program Example16;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrNew function. }

Const P1 : PChar = 'This is a PChar string';

var P2 : PChar;

begin
  P2:=StrNew (P1);
  If P1=P2 then 
    writeln ('This can''t be happening...')
  else
    writeln ('P2 : ',P2);
end.



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