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    StrCopy

    Copy a null-terminated string.

    Declaration

    Source position: syspchh.inc line 20

    function StrCopy(dest: PAnsiChar; source: PAnsiChar) : PAnsiChar
                ;  overload; overload;

    function StrCopy(Dest: PWideChar; Source: PWideChar) : PWideChar
                ;  overload; overload;

    Description

    Copy the null terminated string in Source to Dest, and returns a pointer to Dest. Dest needs enough room to contain Source, i.e. StrLen(Source)+1 bytes.

    Errors

    No length checking is performed.

    See also

    Name Description
    StrPCopy Copy an ansistring to a null-terminated string.
    StrLCopy Copy a null-terminated string, limited in length.
    StrECopy Copy a null-terminated string, return a pointer to the end.

    Example

    Program Example4;

Uses strings;

{ Program to demonstrate the StrCopy function. }

Const P : PCHar = 'This is a PCHAR string.';

var PP : PChar;

begin
  PP:=StrAlloc(Strlen(P)+1);
  STrCopy (PP,P);
  If StrComp (PP,P)<>0 then
    Writeln ('Oh-oh problems...')
  else
    Writeln ('All is well : PP=',PP);
  StrDispose(PP);  
end.