On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 03:36, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > On 26 Mar 2003, Jon David Sawyer wrote: > > > I seem to remember being able to declare something like: > > MyArray = Array of Byte; > > > > Useing "MyArray" as an easy way to get a pointer to a memory location. > > > > Now if I do something similar: tQPixelArray = Array of tQPixel; I get a > > compiler error telling me it Expected [ and got Array. > > > > Is there any way of being able to declare an array without a range? > > Only in the 1.1 development compiler. The 1.0 compiler doesn't support > dynamic arrays. > > > > > > If not is there a index larger than WORD that will work with arrays? > > Yes. > > > QWord will not work and for some reason the compiler does not recognize > > DWord > > Qword is 64 bit, that will not work, but Cardinal (=DWord) should work. > > But you can just as well use the 'pointer math' approach and declare > > Type > tQPixelArray = ^tQPixel; > var > Arr : TQPixelArray; > > Then > GetMem(Arr,1000*SizeOf(tqPixel)); > Arr[0]:=.. > Arr[1]:=.. > will do what you expect. Only the memory management you must do > yourself. > > Michael. > The 'Pointer Math' is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you.
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