Re: Problem with processing text larger than 255 characters

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From: Ron Lauzon
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00

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> I need to process a file with lines of approximately 3000 characters.  I am
> aware that Delphi Pascal strings are limited to 255 characters in length. 

Only the ShortString type is limited to 255 chars.  In Delphi 1.x, String = 
ShortString.  However, AnsiString is limited to about 3 GB.  In Delphi 2/3, 
String = AnsiString.

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From: Ron Lauzon <rlauzon@kode.net>
Subject: Re: Problem with processing text larger than 255 characters
Date: 1997/06/01
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