Delphi Pointer Types
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Sometimes, you may confuse the name of the pointer type in delphi, because of the difference with C/C++. It's really make us confusion. Actually usage rule is also different, so I always forget how to use delphi pointer easily.
Anyway below table is useful when I need to implement something...
 

TypeNameSummary
TypePAnsiCharA pointer to an AnsiChar value
TypePAnsiStringPointer to an AnsiString value
TypePCharA pointer to an Char value
TypePCurrencyPointer to a Currency value
TypePDateTimePointer to a TDateTime value
TypePExtendedPointer to a Extended floating point value
TypePInt64Pointer to an Int64 value
TypePointerDefines a general use Pointer to any memory based data
TypePShortStringA pointer to an ShortString value
TypePStringPointer to a String value
TypePVariantPointer to a Variant value
TypePWideCharPointer to a WideChar
TypePWideStringPointer to a WideString value


Actually PByte is not mentioned above, you can make pointer as following rule:

 

P<The original data type>

 

For example, Pointer for integer type is PInteger. Isn't it simple ?
 

Tags Length PByte PChar PCurrency PDateTime PExtended PInt64 PInteger PString PVariant PWideChar PWideString Pointer PshortString element count in array string length Facebook X
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