DelphiBasics
Assigned
Function
Returns true if a reference is not nil System unit
1 function Assigned(PointerName Pointer):Boolean;
2 function Assigned (ObjectName   TObject:Boolean;
3 function Assigned (MethodName   Method:Boolean;
Description
The Assigned function checks to see if a reference is not nil. It returns True if not nil, and False if nil.
 
Use of a Nil reference will result in an exception.
 
The three versions of Assigned allow the function to work on data pointers, object references, and class method references.
 
It is better to use Assigned rather than Nil when referring to methods so as to distinguish from the checking of a nil result of a method.
Related commands
NilA pointer value that is defined as undetermined
PointerDefines a general use Pointer to any memory based data
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Example code : A simple example
var
  myPtr : PChar;

begin
  // Pointer variables are not set to nil by default
  if Assigned(myPtr)
  then ShowMessage('myPtr is not nil')
  else ShowMessage('myPtr is nil');

  // So we must set them to nil to be sure that they are undefined
  myPtr := Nil;
  if Assigned(myPtr)
  then ShowMessage('myPtr is still not nil')
  else ShowMessage('myPtr is nil');
end;
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  myPtr is not nil
  myPtr is nil
 
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