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    IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter

    Prepend a path delimiter if there is not already one.

    Declaration

    Source position: finah.inc line 40

    function IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter(const Path: UnicodeString)
                                     : UnicodeString;

    function IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter(const Path: RawByteString)
                                     : RawByteString;

    Description

    IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter will insert a path delimiter (#rtl.system.DirectorySeparator) in the first position of Path, if there is not already a directory separator at that position. It will return the resulting string. If the path is empty, a DirectorySeparator character is returned.

    See also

    Name Description
    IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter Add trailing directory separator to a pathname, if needed.
    ExcludeLeadingPathDelimiter Strip the leading path delimiter of a path.
    ExcludeTrailingPathDelimiter Strip trailing directory separator from a pathname, if needed.
    ConcatPaths Concatenate an array of paths to form a single path.

    Example

    Program Example94;

{ This program demonstrates the IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter function }

Uses sysutils;

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