Sadd

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SAdd

Returns a pointer to the characters of a string.

Syntax

Declare Function SAdd ( ByRef str As String ) As ZString Ptr
Declare Function SAdd ( ByRef str As WString ) As WString Ptr
Declare Function SAdd ( ByRef str As ZString ) As ZString Ptr

Parameters

• str

Description

Returns the memory offset of the string data in the string variable.

Return Value

A pointer to the data associated with str.

Remarks

Usage

result = SAdd( str )

Differences from QB

• QB returned an integer instead of a pointer.

See also

• StrPtr
• VarPtr
• ProcPtr

Examples

Dim s As String

Print SAdd(s)

s = "hello"

Print SAdd(s)

s = "abcdefg, 1234567, 54321"

Print SAdd(s)

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Category: Memory Functions
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