This is a special case of the Open array construction, where it is allowed to pass any expression in an array to a function or procedure.
In the procedure, passed the arguments can be examined using a special record:
Type PVarRec = ^TVarRec; TVarRec = record case VType : Longint of vtInteger : (VInteger: Longint); vtBoolean : (VBoolean: Boolean); vtChar : (VChar: Char); vtExtended : (VExtended: PExtended); vtString : (VString: PShortString); vtPointer : (VPointer: Pointer); vtPChar : (VPChar: PChar); vtObject : (VObject: TObject); vtClass : (VClass: TClass); vtAnsiString : (VAnsiString: Pointer); vtWideString : (VWideString: Pointer); vtInt64 : (VInt64: PInt64); end; |
Procedure Testit (Args: Array of const);
Var I : longint;
begin
If High(Args)<0 then
begin
Writeln ('No aguments');
exit;
end;
Writeln ('Got ',High(Args)+1,' arguments :');
For i:=0 to High(Args) do
begin
write ('Argument ',i,' has type ');
case Args[i].vtype of
vtinteger :
Writeln ('Integer, Value :',args[i].vinteger);
vtboolean :
Writeln ('Boolean, Value :',args[i].vboolean);
vtchar :
Writeln ('Char, value : ',args[i].vchar);
vtextended :
Writeln ('Extended, value : ',args[i].VExtended^);
vtString :
Writeln ('ShortString, value :',args[i].VString^);
vtPointer :
Writeln ('Pointer, value : ',Longint(Args[i].VPointer));
vtPChar :
Writeln ('PCHar, value : ',Args[i].VPChar);
vtObject :
Writeln ('Object, name : ',Args[i].VObject.Classname);
vtClass :
Writeln ('Class reference, name :',Args[i].VClass.Classname);
vtAnsiString :
Writeln ('AnsiString, value :',AnsiString(Args[I].VAnsiStr
else
Writeln ('(Unknown) : ',args[i].vtype);
end;
end;
end;
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S:='Ansistring 1'; T:='AnsiString 2'; Testit ([]); Testit ([1,2]); Testit (['A','B']); Testit ([TRUE,FALSE,TRUE]); Testit (['String','Another string']); Testit ([S,T]) ; Testit ([P1,P2]); Testit ([@testit,Nil]); Testit ([ObjA,ObjB]); Testit ([1.234,1.234]); TestIt ([AClass]); |
If the procedure is declared with the cdecl modifier, then the compiler will pass the array as a C compiler would pass it. This, in effect, emulates the C construct of a variable number of arguments, as the following example will show:
program testaocc;
{$mode objfpc}
Const
P : Pchar = 'example';
Fmt : PChar =
'This %s uses printf to print numbers (%d) and strings.'#10;
// Declaration of standard C function printf:
procedure printf (fm : pchar; args : array of const);cdecl; external 'c';
begin
printf(Fmt,[P,123]);
end.
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