type compatibility / string operations (newbie)


I'm trying to write a link protocol (don't ask me why I'm
using pascal), and want to assemble groups of bytes,
arrays of hex-code, and character strings, and, join them
into one long string of bytes.

So I have to know the length of those datatypes,
and, which of them are compatible, and a list of
available typecast functions.

Could anyone link me to somewhere these issues are addressed
(don't find anything in M.Cantu's book / Delphi 5).

Any hints welcome.
Pefter

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Relevant Pages

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