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    strnew

    Allocate room for new null-terminated string.

    Declaration

    Source position: strings.pp line 96

    function strnew(p: PAnsiChar) : PAnsiChar;

    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

    Name Description
    StrCopy Copy a null-terminated string.
    StrDispose disposes of a null-terminated string on the heap.

    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);
  StrDispose(P2);  
end.