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Re: function StringOf

#394
From: Ing. Franz Glaser
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:00
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Quality wrote:
> 
> In another Pascal there was a function that I would like to recreate:
> 
> function StringOf ( ** SPECIAL ** ) : string;
> 
> The SPECIAL part was a parameter that was virtually identical to the
> parameter used by writeln(). That is to say that the following worked:
> 
> TheCostStr := stringof ('Cost of item ' , ItemNameStr , ' = ' ,
>  Price[ItemNumber] * Qty[ItemNumber] ) , '.');
> 
> Any idea how to create a function that would allow such a parameter ?

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2926/tp.html
page FAQ click on 1QA.

Here you find an article from Arsene von Wyss which uses a redirected
Write procedure for the OutTextXY as it is used in graphics BGI mode.

Franz Glaser
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Subject: Re: function StringOf
Date: 1998/12/27
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