TStrings Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TStrings.

	Name	Description
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	CompareStrings	Compares two strings.
	DefineProperties	Reads and writes the Strings property as if it were published.
	Error	This is the overview for the Error method overload.
	ExtractName	Returns the name portion of a string that is a name value pair.
	Get	Returns a string given its index.
	GetCapacity	Returns the currently allocated size of the list of strings.
	GetCount	Returns the number of strings in the list
	GetObject	Returns the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetTextStr	Returns the value of the Text property.
	Put	Changes the value of the string with a specified index.
	PutObject	Changes the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	SetCapacity	Changes the amount of memory allocated to hold strings in the list.
	SetTextStr	Sets the Text property.
	SetUpdateState	Performs internal adjustments before or after a series of updates.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	UpdateCount	Indicates the number of calls to BeginUpdate that have not been matched by a call to EndUpdate.

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a string at the end of the list.
	AddObject	Adds a string to the list, and associates an object with the string.
	AddStrings	Adds a group of strings to the list.
	AfterConstruction	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
	Append	Adds a string to the list.
	Assign	Sets the strings in the list, and possibly associated objects, from a source object.
	BeforeDestruction	Responds before the first destructor executes.
	BeginUpdate	Enables the TStrings object to track when the list of strings is changing.
	ClassInfo	Returns a pointer to the runtime type information (RTTI) table for the object type.
	ClassName	Returns a string indicating the type of the object instance (as opposed to the type of the variable passed as an argument).
	ClassNameIs	Determines whether an object is of a specific type.
	ClassParent	Returns the type of the immediate ancestor of a class.
	ClassType	Returns the class reference for the object's class.
	CleanupInstance	Performs finalization on long strings, variants, and interface variables within a class.
	Clear	Introduces an abstract (Delphi) or pure virtual (C++) method to empty the list and any associated objects.
	Create	Constructs an object and initializes its data before the object is first used.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Delete	Introduces an abstract (Delphi) or pure virtual (C++) method to delete a specified string from the list.
	Destroy	Destroys the TPersistent instance and frees its memory.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	EndUpdate	Enables the TStrings object to keep track of when the list of strings has finished changing.
	Equals	Compares the list of strings to the list from another TStrings object and returns true if the two lists match.
	Exchange	Swaps the position of two strings in the list.
	FieldAddress	Returns the address of a published object field.
	Free	Destroys an object and frees its associated memory, if necessary.
	FreeInstance	Deallocates memory allocated by a previous call to the System::TObject::NewInstance method.
	GetEnumerator	Returns a TStrings enumerator.
	GetInterface	Retrieves a specified interface.
	GetInterfaceEntry	Returns the entry for a specific interface implemented in a class.
	GetInterfaceTable	Returns a pointer to a structure containing all of the interfaces implemented by a given class.
	GetNamePath	Returns the name of the object as it appears in the Object Inspector.
	GetText	Allocates a text buffer and fills it with the value of the Text property.
	IndexOf	Returns the position of a string in the list.
	IndexOfName	Returns the position of the first name-value pair with the specified name.
	IndexOfObject	Returns the index of the first string in the list associated with a given object.
	InheritsFrom	Determines the relationship of two object types.
	InitInstance	Initializes a newly allocated object instance to all zeros and initializes the instance's virtual method table pointer.
	Insert	Introduces abstract (Delphi) or pure virtual (C++) method to insert a string at a specified position.
	InsertObject	Inserts a string into the list at the specified position, and associates it with an object.
	InstanceSize	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
	LoadFromFile	Fills the list with the lines of text in a specified file.
	LoadFromStream	Fills the list with lines of text read from a stream.
	MethodAddress	This is MethodAddress, a member of class TObject.
	MethodName	This is MethodName, a member of class TObject.
	Move	Changes the position of a string in the list.
	NewInstance	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	SaveToFile	Saves the strings in the list to the specified file.
	SaveToStream	Writes the value of the Text property to a stream object.
	SetText	Sets the Text property.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Capacity	Indicates the number of strings the TStrings object can hold.
	CommaText	Lists the strings in the TStrings object in system data format (SDF).
	Count	Introduces an abstract property to represent the number of strings in the list.
	DelimitedText	Represents all the strings in the TStrings object as a single delimited string.
	Delimiter	Specifies the delimiter used by the DelimitedText property.
	LineBreak	Defines the line break character(s).
	Names	Indicates the name part of strings that are name-value pairs.
	NameValueSeparator	Indicates the character used to separate names from values.
	Objects	Represents a set of objects that are associated one with each of the strings in the Strings property.
	QuoteChar	Specifies the quote character used by the DelimitedText property.
	StrictDelimiter	Determines how the Delimiter property is used.
	Strings	References the strings in the list by their positions.
	StringsAdapter	Implements an IStringsAdapter interface for the TStrings object.
	Text	Lists the strings in the TStrings object as a single string with the individual strings delimited by carriage returns and line feeds.
	ValueFromIndex	Represents the value part of a string with a given index, on strings that are name-value pairs.
	Values	Represents the value part of a string associated with a given name, on strings that are name-value pairs.

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