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FormatBuf¶

Format a string with given arguments and store the result in a buffer.

Declaration¶

Source position: sysstrh.inc line 170

function FormatBuf(var Buffer; BufLen: Cardinal; const Fmt; 
                  fmtLen: Cardinal; const Args: Array of const)
                   : Cardinal;

function FormatBuf(var Buffer; BufLen: Cardinal; const Fmt; 
                  fmtLen: Cardinal; const Args: Array of const; 
                  const FormatSettings: TFormatSettings) : Cardinal;

Description¶

FormatBuf calls Format and stores the result in Buf.

See also¶

Name	Description
Format	Format a string with given arguments.

Example¶

Program Example72;

{ This program demonstrates the FormatBuf function }

Uses sysutils;

Var
  S : ShortString;

Const
  Fmt : ShortString =  'For some nice examples of fomatting see %s.';

Begin
  S:='';
  SetLength(S,FormatBuf (S[1],255,Fmt[1],Length(Fmt),['Format']));
  Writeln (S);
End.