[fpc-pascal] String.Split(const Separators: array of Char; Options: TStringSplitOptions)

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2021, Bart via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I must be missing something obvious.
> But given the following definition of the Split() helper function for strings:
>
> Function Split(const Separators: array of Char; Options:
> TStringSplitOptions): TStringArray; overload; (fpc 3.2.2)
>
> Why does this not compile:
>
> var
>  SA: TStringArray;
>  ...
>  SA := S.Split([#0..#32],TStringSplitOptions.ExcludeEmpty);

You are passing not an array of char but a set of char.

This works:

SA := S.Split(#0#32,TStringSplitOptions.ExcludeEmpty);

An array of char is a string.

But the message is indeed confusing. My guess is that the compiler decided
it was this overload;

function TStringHelper.Split( const Separators: array of Char;
   AQuote: Char
):TStringArray; overload;

Michael.