In C, I can declare and initialize an char array like this:
char arg[10] = "ANY";
Is there any short syntax to do the same in delphi?
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1You don't typically use C strings in Delphi unless doing interop. You normally just use Delphi strings. Why would you want a character array in Delphi?David Heffernan– David Heffernan2011-02-28 10:00:10 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2011 at 10:00
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It sounds like the OP is trying to translate his knowledge of K&R C into Delphi.Warren P– Warren P2011-03-01 17:46:59 +00:00Commented Mar 1, 2011 at 17:46
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2 Answers
A constant:
const
arg: array[0 .. 9] of AnsiChar = 'ANY';
A local variable:
var
arg: array[0 .. 9] of AnsiChar;
...
arg := 'ANY';
A global variable:
var
arg: array[0 .. 9] of AnsiChar = 'ANY';
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cytrinox
Opps, my fault. It works, I've used PAnsichar instead of Ansichar :)
Warren P
People should be aware that this code is intentionally creating an array of AnsiChar, which would be an unusual thing to do. In a unicode delphi application that doesn't have to have some string 'ANY' be ansi, you would normally declare just const arg = 'ANY'. (Unicode string constant).
something like this:
var arg1: string = 'any';
or
var arg2: packed array[0..9] of char = 'any';
if you really want an array starting with index 0, as in C, or
var arg3: pchar = 'any';
if you want a \0 terminated string
