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The PShortString type is a pointer to an ShortString value.
ShortString variables differ from string variables - the latter are referenced by a pointer. So you must use Addr to point to a ShotrString variable, as in the exemple. | |||||||||
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| Example code : Display a short string using a pointer to it |
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myString : shortString; stringPtr : PShortString; begin // Set up our short string myString := 'Hello World'; // Point to our string stringPtr := Addr(myString); // Display the string using the pointer ShowMessage(stringPtr^); end; |
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| Hello World |