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SetLength

Declaration:
Procedure SetLength(var S : String; Len : Longint);
Description:
SetLength sets the length of the string S to Len. S can be an ansistring, a short string or a widestring. For ShortStrings, Len can maximally be 255. For AnsiStrings it can have any value. For AnsiString strings, SetLength must be used to set the length of the string.
Errors:
None.
See also:
Length (527)

Listing: refex/ex85.pp

Program Example85;

{ Program to demonstrate the SetLength function. }

Var S : String;

begin
  FillChar(S[1],100,#32);
  Setlength(S,100);
  Writeln ('"',S,'"');
end.

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