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    StuffString

    Replace part of a string with another string.

    Declaration

    Source position: strutils.pp line 90

    function StuffString(const AText: string; AStart: Cardinal; 
                    ALength: Cardinal; const ASubText: string) : string;

    Arguments

    Name Description
    AText Text on which to operate.
    AStart Start of section to be replaced.
    ALength Length of section to be replaced.
    ASubText Text to insert at the indicated position.

    Function result

    Resulting string with indicated section replaced.

    Description

    StuffString returns a copy of AText with the segment starting at AStart with length ALength, replaced with the string ASubText. Basically it deletes the segment of Atext and inserts the new text in it's place.

    Errors

    No checking on the validity of the AStart and ALength parameters is done. Providing invalid values may result in access violation errors.

    See also

    Name Description
    FindPart Search for a substring in a string, using wildcards.
    DelChars Delete all occurrences of a given character from a string.
    DelSpace Delete all occurrences of a space from a string.
    ExtractSubStr Extract a word from a string, starting at a given position in the string.
    DupeString Creates and concatenates N copies of a string.