[fpc-pascal] Real length of WideString

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Op 2010-10-21 08:17, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho het geskryf:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Zaher Dirkey <parmaja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How to get the real length of WideString variable.
> 
> Length in which unit? WideChars (2 bytes each) or Bytes?
> 
> Length() returns the amount of WideChars AFAIK
> 


Length() returns number of bytes, not number of characters. The incorrect
assumption was made back in Delphi (before unicode support).




Regards,
  - Graeme -

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