TStrings Methods

The methods of the TStrings class are listed here.

	Name	Description
	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.
	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.

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.
	Append	Adds a string to the list.
	Assign	Sets the strings in the list, and possibly associated objects, from a source object.
	BeginUpdate	Enables the TStrings object to track when the list of strings is changing.
	Clear	Introduces an abstract (Delphi) or pure virtual (C++) method to empty the list and any associated objects.
	Delete	Introduces an abstract (Delphi) or pure virtual (C++) method to delete a specified string from the list.
	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.
	GetEnumerator	Returns a TStrings enumerator.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Move	Changes the position of a string in the list.
	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.

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