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    StringElementSize

    Get the character size of a string.

    Declaration

    Source position: systemh.inc line 1409

    function StringElementSize(const S: RawByteString) : Word;  overload; overload;

    function StringElementSize(const S: UnicodeString) : Word;  overload; overload;

    Description

    StringCodePage returns the character size of a string (S), regardless of the string type. It accesses the internal structures of the string to retrieve this information. For an empty string, SizeOf(AnsiChar) (normally 1) is returned.

    See also

    Name Description
    StringCodePage Get the code page of a string.
    StringRefCount Get the reference count of a string.