SysUtils.StrByteType Function

Indicates whether a byte in a string is a single byte character, the first byte of a double byte character, or the second byte of a double byte character.

Pascal

function StrByteType(Str: PChar; Index: Cardinal): TMbcsByteType;

C++

TMbcsByteType StrByteType(const char * Str, unsigned Index);

File

SysUtils

Description

Call StrByteType to determine the type of the byte specified by the Index parameter, where 0 specifies the first byte in the string Str, 1 specifies the second byte, and so on.

If the system is not using a multi-byte character system (MBCS), StrByteType always returns mbSingleByte. Otherwise, StrByteType returns mbSingleByte if the indicated byte represents a complete character in Str, mbLeadByte if it represents the first byte of a double byte character, and mbTrailByte if it represents the second byte of a double byte character.

Note: No checking is done to ensure that Index is less than the length of Str. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that Index is not out of bounds.