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    TEncoding.GetMaxByteCount

    Returns the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a string.

    Declaration

    Source position: sysencodingh.inc line 98

    public 
function TEncoding.GetMaxByteCount(CharCount: Integer) : Integer
                                  ;  virtual;  abstract;

    Description

    GetMaxByteCount returns the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a string of CharCount characters in the given encoding.

    This is an abstract method, implemented by descendents of TEncoding.

    See also

    Name Description
    TEncoding.GetMaxCharCount Return the maximum number of characters that can be represented in a number of bytes.