> i made an example for StrPtr, it is the next one,
>
> ' Gambas module file
>
> PUBLIC SUB Main()
>
> DIM p AS Pointer
> DIM s AS String
>
> p = Alloc("this is a string")
>
> 'READ #p, s
> s = StrPtr(p)
> PRINT s
> Free(p)
>
> END
>
> I just want to question what is the difference between
> 'READ #p, s
> s = StrPtr(p)
>
> both of them make the same work.
Where did you see that?
StrPtr() reads a C-like strig in memory (i.e. a string terminated by a zero
character).
READ #p, s reads the length of the string first (in a Gambas multi-bytes
specific internal format) and then reads the needed number of characters.
Regards,
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Benoît Minisini
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