Attempting to read past end of strings

From: John Tserkezis (jt_at_techniciansyndrome.org.invalid)
Date: 03/26/04

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:50:36 +1100

      I have a whole bunch of code written for pascal that I had hoped I can use
    under delphi.

      Something like:

      string1 := 'abcd';
      string2 := string1[10];

      under pascal, string2 = '' under delphi, it crashes.

      I've googled, but could only find instances of "don't do that".

      Is there an easy way around it, or do I have to rewrite the code? A lot of
    the pascal code I'm using uses, and relys on the fact that it returns a null.

      I was hoping I wouldn't have to rewrite. 

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