UnicodeString Class

System::UnicodeString is the C++ analog for the Delphi UnicodeString type.

Pascal

UnicodeString = class;

C++

class UnicodeString;

File

ustring.h

Description

Delphi utilizes several string types. System::UnicodeString can contain both Unicode and ANSI strings. Support for this type includes the following features:

strings as large as available memory;
efficient use of memory through shared references;
routines and operators that evaluate strings based on the current locale.

Despite its name, System::UnicodeString can represent both ANSI character set strings and Unicode strings.

System::UnicodeString variables that have not been assigned an initial value contain a zero-length string.

Note: Delphi also supports System::UnicodeString, but implements it as a primitive type rather than a class. By default, variables declared as type String are System::UnicodeString.

Note: To be compatible with Delphi, System::UnicodeString indexing is 1-based.