[fpc-pascal] Is there a bug in TStrings.Delimiter handling?

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Frank Church wrote:

> adapterVals: TStringList
>
> adapterVals.Delimiter := ';';
> adapterVals.DelimitedText := '192.168.1.2,00:0E:08:E0:7C:ED,Word Space';
> adapterVals[0] = '192.168.1.2'
> adapterVals[1] = '00:0E:08:E0:7C:ED'
> adapterVals[2] = 'Word' - this should be 'Word Space'
>
> Is this a bug or the expected output? If the delimiter is set to a comma it
> shouldn't treat a space as a delimter as well.

A space is always treated special.

You should either enclose values with spaces in quotes, or set the
StrinctDelimiter property to true, in which case the space loses 
its special meaning.

I recommend the second.

Michael.