[fpc-pascal] TStringList.DelimitedText seems not to work...

[Bo Berglund]

FPC 3.0.4 with Lazarus 1.8.0 on Windows 7 x64

I am trying to use TStringList containers for parsing out values of
this kind for sending to a database handler script:

2018-09-02 17:37:19<TAB>1<TAB>34.0<TAB>27.6
(<TAB> = #9)

I am using this construct, where Data holds the values in the format
shown above:

  Parse := TStringList.Create;
  try
    Parse.Delimiter := #9;
    Parse.DelimitedText := Data; //Expected to split to 4 values
    p := Parse.Count;
    if p < 4 then //p is actually 5 here!
      exit;
    readtime := Parse[0]; //This only gets the date part
    source := Parse[1]; //And the time winds up here!
    temp := Parse[2];
    humid := Parse[3];
    Result := AddReading(readtime, source, temp, humid);

So what happens here is that DelimitedText actually splits the string
on #9 AND <whitespace>!!!!

How can I stop it from parsing using space, I thought taht whan I
defined it to be <TAB> (#9) that would be what it should use....

(I think it has been mentioned here in the last year, but I cannot
find it)


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden