System.StringElementSize

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Delphi

function StringElementSize(const S: UnicodeString): Word; overload;
function StringElementSize(const S: _RawByteStr): Word; overload;

C++

extern DELPHI_PACKAGE Word __fastcall StringElementSize(const UnicodeString S)/* overload */;

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
function public
System.pas
System.hpp
System System

Description

Returns the number of bytes that represent a character in the string.

Call StringElementSize to obtain the number of bytes necessary to represent one character in the current string. Calling StringElementSize for Unicode strings always returns a result of 2.

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