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    AnsiLastChar

    Return a pointer to the last character of a string.

    Declaration

    Source position: sysstrh.inc line 103

    function AnsiLastChar(const S: AnsiString) : PAnsiChar;

    function AnsiLastChar(const S: UnicodeString) : PWideChar;

    Description

    This function returns a pointer to the last character of S.

    Remark:

    A widestring manager must be installed in order for this function to work correctly with various character sets. If none is installed, this function is the same as @S[Length[S]].

    Errors

    None.

    See also

    Name Description
    AnsiStrLastChar Return a pointer to the last character of a string.

    Example

    Program Example52;

{ This program demonstrates the AnsiLastChar function }

Uses sysutils;

Var S : AnsiString;
    L : Longint;

Begin
  S:='This is an ansistring.';
  Writeln ('Last character of S is : ',AnsiLastChar(S));
  L:=Longint(AnsiLastChar(S))-Longint(@S[1])+1;
  Writeln ('Length of S is : ',L);
End.