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System.StringElementSize Function
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Returns the number of bytes that represent a character in the string.

Pascal
function StringElementSize(const S: UnicodeString): Word; overload;
function StringElementSize(const S: RawByteString): Word; overload;
C++
Word StringElementSize(const UnicodeString S);
Word StringElementSize(const RawByteString S);
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Description

Call StringElementSize to obtain the number of bytes necessary to represent one character in the current string. Calling StringElementSize for Unicode strings always returns a result of 2. 

 

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