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- unit tStrings; {Null terminated Strings unit for Turbo Pascal 6}
-
-
- {Throughout the documentation 'String' refers to a null
- terminated
- string apart from 'Pascal Style String' which refers to the
- standard
- counted string type}
-
-
- type
- PTChar = ^TChar;
- TChar = array[0..65520] of char;
-
-
- function locase(aChar : Char) : Char;
- {Convert the Character aChar to lower Case}
-
- function StrCat(aDest,aSource : pChar) : pChar;
- {Concatenate aSource onto aDest and return a pointer to aDest}
-
- function StrComp(Str1,Str2 : pChar) : integer;
- {Compare Str1 with Str2
- if Str1<Str2 then StrComp < 0
- Str1=Str2 then StrComp = 0
- Str1>Str2 then StrComp > 0
- }
-
- function StrCopy(aDest,aSource : PChar) : PChar;
- { Copy the contents of aSource to aDest and return a pointer to
- aDest}
-
- function StrCSpn(Str1,Str2 : pChar) : integer;
- { ***Not in windows Strings Unit
- Returns the length of the String starting at Str1 that
- consists
- entirely of characters not in Str2}
-
- function StrDispose(Var aChar : PChar) : pChar;
- {Disposes of a string allocated with StrNew
- EVEN IF the length has changed}
-
- function StrECopy(aDest,aSource : pChar) : pChar;
- {Copies a string from aSource to aDest and returns a pointer
- to
- the end of the string in aDest}
-
- function StrEnd(aSource : pChar) : pChar;
- {Returns a pointer to then end of the String in aSource
- (in fact a pointer to the null terminator)}
-
- function StrIComp(Str1,Str2 : pChar) : integer;
- {Case insensitive compare
- if Str1<Str2 then StrIComp < 0
- Str1=Str2 then StrIComp = 0
- Str1>Str2 then StrIComp > 0
- }
-
- function StrLCat(aDest,aSource : pChar;MaxLen : Word) : pChar;
- {Concatenates the string aSource onto aDest. The string in
- aDest will not become longer than Maxlen. The value
- returned
- by StrLCat is a pointer to aDest}
-
- function StrLComp(str1,str2 : pChar; MaxLen : Word) : integer;
- {Compares two strings up to a maximum length of Maxlen.
- if Str1<Str2 then StrLComp < 0
- Str1=Str2 then StrLComp = 0
- Str1>Str2 then StrLComp > 0
- If the strings have not differed up to Length Maxlen then
- StrLComp=0}
-
- function StrLCopy(aDest,aSource : pChar;Maxlen : Word) : pChar;
- {Copies string aSource to aDest up to a maximum length
- MaxLen. Returns a pointer to aDest}
-
- function StrLen(aBuffer : PChar) : Integer;
- { Returns the length of String aBuffer}
-
- function StrLIComp(Str1,Str2 : pChar;MaxLen : Word) : Integer;
- { Case Insensitive Compare of strings up to MaxLen
- in length}
-
- function Strlower(aBuffer : pChar) : pChar;
- { Converts the entire string to lower case}
-
- function StrMove(aDest,aSource : pChar;Count : Word) : pChar;
- { Copies 'count' bytes from aSource to aDest}
-
- function StrNew(aBuffer : Pchar) : PChar;
- { Allocates space on the heap large enough for aBuffer and
- then copies aBuffer into the new string. Returns a pointer
- to
- the new string}
-
- function StrPas(aBuffer : Pchar) : String;
- { Copies from a null terminated string to a pascal style
- string}
-
- function StrPCopy(aDest : pChar;aSource : String) : pChar;
- { Copies from a pascal style string to a null terminated
- string}
-
- function StrPos(Str1,Str2 : pChar) : Pchar;
- { Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of a string
- in another string. If the string Str2 does not exist
- in Str1 then the function returns nil}
-
- function StrRScan(Str : pChar;Chr : Char) : pChar;
- {Finds the last occurrence of character Chr in String Str.
- If Chr does not exist in Str then returns a nil}
-
- function StrScan(Str : pChar; Chr : Char) : pChar;
- {Finds the first occurrence of character Chr in String
- Str.
- If Chr does not exist in Str then returns a nil}
-
- function StrSpn(Str1,Str2 : pChar) : integer;
- {Returns the length of string Str1 that consists entirely
- of characters from Str2}
-
- function StrUpper(aBuffer : pChar) : pChar;
- {Converts the entire string 'aBuffer' to upper case
- return a pointer to the start of the string}
-