Re: Argv[0] in TURBO PASCAL

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From: Pierre Darmon
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1986 00:05

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In article <1134@tekigm2.UUCP> timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson) writes:
>About Turbo Pascal command lines.... YOU CAN GET AT THEM EASILY IN 3.01A.
>
>
>The function is PARAMCOUNT and PARAMSTR(). 
>
>PARAMCOUNT returns the number of arguments, PARAMSTR() with an integer index
>returns the passed parameter. You can even pass dummy variables when compiling
>to memory by using the P option from the option menu.
>
>I don't know right off if PARAMSTR(0) works, I've never had occasion to use it.
>I have used PARAMSTR(X) where X>0 and X<10 and it works fine.
>

I just tried it with Turbo 3.01A on an PC AT DOS 3.1. ParamStr(0) returns an
empty string. Too bad. However I tried up to 40 arguments and used Paramstr(40)
and got them all. So I believe it's safe to assume that you can go up to     
whatever is needed, limited by the 127 char size of the command line
-- 

Pierre Darmon, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.                        
.....seismo!philabs!polaris!darmon.
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From: darmon@polaris.UUCP (Pierre Darmon)
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Subject: Re: Argv[0] in TURBO PASCAL
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 19:05:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 26 19:05:02 1986
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