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    TStream.GetPos

    Return current position in the stream.

    Declaration

    Source position: objects.pp line 317

    function TStream.GetPos : LongInt;  virtual;

    Description

    If the stream's status is stOk, GetPos returns the current position in the stream. Otherwise it returns -1

    Errors

    -1 is returned if the status is an error condition.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStream.Seek Set stream position.
    TStream.GetSize Return the size of the stream.

    Example

    Program ex11;

{ Program to demonstrate the TStream.GetPos function }

Uses objects;

Var L : String;
    S : PStream;

begin
  L:='Some kind of string';
  S:=New(PMemoryStream,Init(100,10));
  Writeln ('Stream position before write: ',S^.GetPos);
  S^.WriteStr(@L);
  Writeln ('Stream position after write : ',S^.GetPos);
  Dispose(S,Done);
end.