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Delphi Language Details: Records By Mike Prestwood

Posted 21 years ago on 3/18/2003 and updated 12/12/2006 Take Away: Using record data types in Delphi.  Tags: Delphi , Borland Delphi , Object PASCAL , record , records , usage , example , how to , using KB100162

Using Records

Here is an example of using a record:

procedure TForm1.Button6Click(Sender: TObject);

{For convenience, declare a new type of record.}

type

   TName = record

      FName: String;

      MInitial: String[1];

      LName: String;

   end;

var

   recName: TName;

   sFullName: String;

   sSpace: String;

begin

  with recName do begin

     FName := 'Mike';

     MInitial := 'A';

     LName := 'Prestwood';

  end;

  sSpace := ' ';

  sFullName := recName.FName +sSpace+ recName.MInitial +sSpace+ recName.LName;

  ShowMessage(sFullName);

  {Instead of using with…do, you can access a record directly. For example:}

  ShowMessage(recName.LName);

end;

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