Re: (~D4-D7:) Does *Delete* function work on chars or bytes

From: dk_sz (dk_sz_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:21:05 +0100

> No, but there are other functions that you can use to achieve the same
> effect.

I haven't found them! Anyway, since both Length, Pos, AnsiPos,
etc. return byte-position Delete is still ok to use some places.

> D8 strings are Unicode-based, so there's no need for any additional

Yes, if you develop solely on Delphi 8 :-).

> manipulation. In fact, many of the Ansi* functions in D7 work by first
> converting the string to Unicode (WideString).

I did not know, Thanks! Still, it makes little difference. "Many" isn't good
enough :-).
If using Ansi* functions in D7 (without wrapping them) one will have to
change those in D8.

best regards
Thomas Schulz

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