System.AnsiStrings.AnsiStrAlloc
Delphi
function AnsiStrAlloc(Size: Cardinal): PAnsiChar;
C++
extern DELPHI_PACKAGE char * __fastcall AnsiStrAlloc(unsigned Size);
Properties
Type | Visibility | Source | Unit | Parent |
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function | public | System.AnsiStrings.pas System.AnsiStrings.hpp |
System.AnsiStrings | System.AnsiStrings |
Description
Allocates a buffer for a null-terminated AnsiString and returns a pointer to its first character.
AnsiStrAlloc allocates a buffer for a null-terminated AnsiString with a maximum length of Size - 1 (1 byte must be reserved for the termination character). The result points to the location where the first character of the string is to be stored. A 32-bit number giving the total amount of memory allocated is stored in the four bytes preceding the first character; it is equal to Size + 4. If the space for a string is allocated with AnsiString, it should be deallocated via StrDispose.
Because AnsiStrings are implicitly null terminated and dynamically allocated, the use of AnsiStrAlloc is deprecated.