access all elements of a record using RTTI - delphi

I want to dump a complex / long record into a memo for debugging purpose
TmyRecord =
aValue : String
aNumber : Real;
Morenumbers : Integer ;
....
....
end;
I think Delphi XE 2 RTTI should give me the chance to get the Fieldname , Fieldtype and value
within a loop, to write this record to a memo or .....

As starting point - record with simple types. For complex fields (array, class etc) explore RTTI unit
type
TmyRecord = record
aValue: String;
aNumber: Real;
Morenumbers: Integer;
end;
var
m: TMyRecord;
rtype: TRTTIType;
fields: TArray<TRttiField>;
i: Integer;
begin
m.aValue := 'OK';
m.aNumber := Pi;
m.Morenumbers := 666;
rtype := TRTTIContext.Create.GetType(TypeInfo(TMyrecord));
Memo1.Lines.Add(rtype.ToString);
fields := rtype.GetFields;
for i := 0 to High(fields) do
Memo1.Lines.Add(Format('%s: %s :: %s', [
fields[i].Name,
fields[i].FieldType.ToString,
fields[i].GetValue(#m).ToString]));
output:
TmyRecord
aValue: string :: OK
aNumber: Real :: 3.14159265358979
Morenumbers: Integer :: 666

Here is my try at this. I have similar task as you (refer to this thread). It's work in progress, but does the job good enough so far. This would enumerate all properties inside the TObject thou, so you'll have to adapt it to enumerate records:
function EnumerateProperties(const AObject: TObject): String;
var
rt: TRttiType;
prop: TRttiProperty;
value, value2: TValue;
valstr: String;
propstr: String;
fullstr: String;
bres: Boolean;
meth: TRttiMethod;
bytes: TBytes;
bytes_arr: TArray<TBytes>;
uints: TArray<UINT32>;
C1: Integer;
begin
if not Assigned(AObject) then
Exit('');
rt := TRttiContext.Create.GetType(AObject.ClassType);
fullstr := '';
// iterate through public properties
for prop in rt.GetDeclaredProperties do
begin
value := prop.GetValue(AObject); // get property value
valstr := '?';
// check property type
case prop.PropertyType.TypeKind of
tkInteger,
tkInt64,
tkFloat: valstr := value.AsVariant;
tkString,
tkChar,
tkWChar,
tkLString,
tkWString,
tkUString: valstr := QuotedStr(value.AsString);
tkEnumeration: begin
valstr := 'ENUM';
if value.TryAsType<Boolean>(bres) then
valstr := BoolToStr(bres, TRUE)
else
begin
valstr := GetEnumName(value.TypeInfo, prop.GetValue(AObject).AsOrdinal);
end;
end;
tkClass: begin
// check if property is TList or any of its descendants,
// then iterate through each of it's members
meth := prop.PropertyType.GetMethod('ToArray');
if Assigned(meth) then
begin
value2 := meth.Invoke(value, []);
Assert(value2.IsArray);
for C1 := 0 to value2.GetArrayLength - 1 do
valstr := valstr + Format('(%s), ', [EnumerateProperties(value2.GetArrayElement(C1).AsObject)]);
if valstr <> '' then
Delete(valstr, Length(valstr) - 1, 2);
valstr := Format('[%s]', [valstr]);
end
else // otherwise, process it as normal class
valstr := Format('[%s]', [EnumerateProperties(value.AsObject)]);
end;
// dynamic arrays
tkDynArray: begin
if value.TryAsType<TBytes>(bytes) then // TBytes
valstr := BytesToHex(bytes)
else
if value.TryAsType<TArray<TBytes>>(bytes_arr) then // TArray<TBytes>
begin
valstr := '';
for C1 := Low(bytes_arr) to High(bytes_arr) do
valstr := valstr + QuotedStr(BytesToHex(bytes_arr[C1])) + ', ';
if valstr <> '' then
Delete(valstr, Length(valstr) - 1, 2);
valstr := Format('(%s)', [valstr]);
end
else
if value.TryAsType<TArray<UINT32>>(uints) then // TArray<UINT32>
begin
valstr := '';
for C1 := Low(uints) to High(uints) do
valstr := valstr + IntToStr(uints[C1]) + ', ';
if valstr <> '' then
Delete(valstr, Length(valstr) - 1, 2);
valstr := Format('(%s)', [valstr]);
end;
end;
tkUnknown: ;
tkSet: ;
tkMethod: ;
tkVariant: ;
tkArray: ;
tkRecord: ;
tkInterface: ;
tkClassRef: ;
tkPointer: ;
tkProcedure: ;
end;
propstr := Format('%s: %s', [prop.Name, valstr]);
fullstr := fullstr + propstr + '; ';
end;
if fullstr <> '' then
Delete(fullstr, Length(fullstr) - 1, 2);
result := fullstr;
end;

Related

As a set is not assignment-compatible with a TValue, how do I represent a set using a TValue?

I have a string '[Top,Left,Bottom,Right]' that I want to convert to a set. For this I have the function StringToSet located in System.TypInfo But what I don't know is how I can assign the result of StringToSet to a tvalue (or any other way to convert '[Top,Left,Bottom,Right]' to a tvalue) ?
the code of the delphi StringToSet function:
function StringToSet(TypeInfo: PTypeInfo; const Value: string): Integer;
var
P: PChar;
EnumName: string;
EnumValue: NativeInt;
PEnumInfo: PPTypeInfo;
// grab the next enum name
function NextWord(var P: PChar): string;
var
i: Integer;
begin
i := 0;
// scan til whitespace
while not (P[i] in [',', ' ', #0,']']) do
Inc(i);
SetString(Result, P, i);
// skip whitespace
while (P[i] in [',', ' ',']']) do
Inc(i);
Inc(P, i);
end;
begin
Result := 0;
if Value = '' then Exit;
P := PChar(Value);
// skip leading bracket and whitespace
while (P^ in ['[',' ']) do
Inc(P);
PEnumInfo := GetTypeData(TypeInfo)^.CompType;
if PEnumInfo <> nil then
begin
EnumName := NextWord(P);
while EnumName <> '' do
begin
EnumValue := GetEnumValue(PEnumInfo^, EnumName);
if EnumValue < 0 then
raise EPropertyConvertError.CreateResFmt(#SInvalidPropertyElement, [EnumName]);
Include(TIntegerSet(Result), enumvalue);
EnumName := NextWord(P);
end;
end
else
begin
EnumName := NextWord(P);
while EnumName <> '' do
begin
EnumValue := StrToIntDef(EnumName, -1);
if EnumValue < 0 then
raise EPropertyConvertError.CreateResFmt(#SInvalidPropertyElement, [EnumName]);
Include(TIntegerSet(Result), enumvalue);
EnumName := NextWord(P);
end;
end;
end;

epson code misread as string output

Printing using Epson codes in Delphi Tokyo.
Function PrintRawData (built in to Winapi.Winspool library) appears to misread codes like 'ESC C' or 'ESC #' and prints 'C' and '#' instead of the prompts associated with said codes (Select page length & Initialise Printer).
procedure TFrmPrint.PageLen(hPrn : THandle); // Page length in Inches
var
Commalist : Array[1..20] of SmallInt;
istart, icomma, i : SmallInt;
ss, cr : UTF8String;
def : UTF8String;
Data : Array [0..255] of AnsiChar;
begin
ss := '';
cr := ' ';
cr[1] := #13; cr[2] := #10;
if not DM2.Q_PRNGen.Locate('PrAction','PAGELENIN',[loCaseInsensitive]) then
begin
ShowMessage('PAGELENIN Action not coded for Printer');
exit;
end;
ss := Trim(DM2.Q_PRNGen.Fields.FieldByName('ESCCODE').AsString);
icomma := 0;
istart := 1;
for i:=1 to Length(ss) do
begin
if ss[i] = ',' then
begin
inc(icomma);
Commalist[icomma] := StrToIntDef(Copy(ss,istart,i-istart),0);
istart := i + 1;
end;
end;
inc(icomma);
i := Length(ss);
Commalist[icomma] := StrToIntDef(Copy(ss,istart,i-istart+1),0);
def := '';
for i:=1 to icomma do
begin
def := def + ' ';
def[i] := AnsiChar(CommaList[i]);
// def := Def + IntToHex(CommaList[i],1);
end;
// ss := def + cr;
ss := def;
for i:=1 to Length(ss) do Data[i-1] := AnsiChar(ss[i]);
if frmPrint.PrintRawData(hPrn,#Data,Length(ss)) < 0 then
begin
ShowMessage('PrintRawData Failed');
frmPrint.EndRawPrintPage(hPrn);
frmPrint.EndRawPrintJob(hPrn);
exit;
end;
end;
It is under my assumption that the error lies within PrintRawData.
PrintRawData is listed here:
function TFrmPrint.PrintRawData(hPrn : THandle; Buffer : pointer; NumBytes : SpoolInt) : integer;
var
BytesWritten : DWORD;
begin
if NumBytes = 0 then
begin
Result := 1;
exit;
end;
if not WritePrinter(hPrn, Buffer, NumBytes, BytesWritten) then
begin
Result := -1;
exit;
end;
if NumBytes <> BytesWritten then
begin
Result := -1;
exit;
end;
Result := 1;
end;

Delphi 5: Extract words in a long sentence separated by one or more spaces [duplicate]

I'm trying to find a Delphi function that will split an input string into an array of strings based on a delimiter. I've found a lot from searching the web, but all seem to have their own issues and I haven't been able to get any of them to work.
I just need to split a string like:
"word:doc,txt,docx" into an array based on ':'. The result would be
['word', 'doc,txt,docx']. How can I do that?
you can use the TStrings.DelimitedText property for split an string
check this sample
program Project28;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Classes,
SysUtils;
procedure Split(Delimiter: Char; Str: string; ListOfStrings: TStrings) ;
begin
ListOfStrings.Clear;
ListOfStrings.Delimiter := Delimiter;
ListOfStrings.StrictDelimiter := True; // Requires D2006 or newer.
ListOfStrings.DelimitedText := Str;
end;
var
OutPutList: TStringList;
begin
OutPutList := TStringList.Create;
try
Split(':', 'word:doc,txt,docx', OutPutList) ;
Writeln(OutPutList.Text);
Readln;
finally
OutPutList.Free;
end;
end.
UPDATE
See this link for an explanation of StrictDelimiter.
There is no need for engineering a Split function. It already exists, see: Classes.ExtractStrings.
Use it in a following manner:
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Classes;
var
List: TStrings;
begin
List := TStringList.Create;
try
ExtractStrings([':'], [], PChar('word:doc,txt,docx'), List);
WriteLn(List.Text);
ReadLn;
finally
List.Free;
end;
end.
And to answer the question fully; List represents the desired array with the elements:
List[0] = 'word'
List[1] = 'doc,txt,docx'
You can use StrUtils.SplitString.
function SplitString(const S, Delimiters: string): TStringDynArray;
Its description from the documentation:
Splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified
delimiter characters.
SplitString splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified delimiter characters. S is the string to be split.
Delimiters is a string containing the characters defined as delimiters.
SplitString returns an array of strings of type System.Types.TStringDynArray that contains the split parts of the
original string.
Using the SysUtils.TStringHelper.Split function, introduced in Delphi XE3:
var
MyString: String;
Splitted: TArray<String>;
begin
MyString := 'word:doc,txt,docx';
Splitted := MyString.Split([':']);
end.
This will split a string with a given delimiter into an array of strings.
I always use something similar to this:
Uses
StrUtils, Classes;
Var
Str, Delimiter : String;
begin
// Str is the input string, Delimiter is the delimiter
With TStringList.Create Do
try
Text := ReplaceText(S,Delim,#13#10);
// From here on and until "finally", your desired result strings are
// in strings[0].. strings[Count-1)
finally
Free; //Clean everything up, and liberate your memory ;-)
end;
end;
Similar to the Explode() function offered by Mef, but with a couple of differences (one of which I consider a bug fix):
type
TArrayOfString = array of String;
function SplitString(const aSeparator, aString: String; aMax: Integer = 0): TArrayOfString;
var
i, strt, cnt: Integer;
sepLen: Integer;
procedure AddString(aEnd: Integer = -1);
var
endPos: Integer;
begin
if (aEnd = -1) then
endPos := i
else
endPos := aEnd + 1;
if (strt < endPos) then
result[cnt] := Copy(aString, strt, endPos - strt)
else
result[cnt] := '';
Inc(cnt);
end;
begin
if (aString = '') or (aMax < 0) then
begin
SetLength(result, 0);
EXIT;
end;
if (aSeparator = '') then
begin
SetLength(result, 1);
result[0] := aString;
EXIT;
end;
sepLen := Length(aSeparator);
SetLength(result, (Length(aString) div sepLen) + 1);
i := 1;
strt := i;
cnt := 0;
while (i <= (Length(aString)- sepLen + 1)) do
begin
if (aString[i] = aSeparator[1]) then
if (Copy(aString, i, sepLen) = aSeparator) then
begin
AddString;
if (cnt = aMax) then
begin
SetLength(result, cnt);
EXIT;
end;
Inc(i, sepLen - 1);
strt := i + 1;
end;
Inc(i);
end;
AddString(Length(aString));
SetLength(result, cnt);
end;
Differences:
aMax parameter limits the number of strings to be returned
If the input string is terminated by a separator then a nominal "empty" final string is deemed to exist
Examples:
SplitString(':', 'abc') returns : result[0] = abc
SplitString(':', 'a:b:c:') returns : result[0] = a
result[1] = b
result[2] = c
result[3] = <empty string>
SplitString(':', 'a:b:c:', 2) returns: result[0] = a
result[1] = b
It is the trailing separator and notional "empty final element" that I consider the bug fix.
I also incorporated the memory allocation change I suggested, with refinement (I mistakenly suggested the input string might at most contain 50% separators, but it could conceivably of course consist of 100% separator strings, yielding an array of empty elements!)
Explode is very high speed function, source alhoritm get from TStrings component.
I use next test for explode:
Explode 134217733 bytes of data, i get 19173962 elements, time of work: 2984 ms.
Implode is very low speed function, but i write it easy.
{ ****************************************************************************** }
{ Explode/Implode (String <> String array) }
{ ****************************************************************************** }
function Explode(S: String; Delimiter: Char): Strings; overload;
var I, C: Integer; P, P1: PChar;
begin
SetLength(Result, 0);
if Length(S) = 0 then Exit;
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); C:=0;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
Inc(C);
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
SetLength(Result, C);
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); I:=-1;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
Inc(I); SetString(Result[I], P1, P-P1);
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
end;
function Explode(S: String; Delimiter: Char; Index: Integer): String; overload;
var I: Integer; P, P1: PChar;
begin
if Length(S) = 0 then Exit;
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); I:=1;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
SetString(Result, P1, P-P1);
if (I <> Index) then Inc(I) else begin
SetString(Result, P1, P-P1); Exit;
end;
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
end;
function Implode(S: Strings; Delimiter: Char): String;
var iCount: Integer;
begin
Result:='';
if (Length(S) = 0) then Exit;
for iCount:=0 to Length(S)-1 do
Result:=Result+S[iCount]+Delimiter;
System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
end;
var
su : string; // What we want split
si : TStringList; // Result of splitting
Delimiter : string;
...
Delimiter := ';';
si.Text := ReplaceStr(su, Delimiter, #13#10);
Lines in si list will contain splitted strings.
You can make your own function which returns TArray of string:
function mySplit(input: string): TArray<string>;
var
delimiterSet: array [0 .. 0] of char;
// split works with char array, not a single char
begin
delimiterSet[0] := '&'; // some character
result := input.Split(delimiterSet);
end;
Here is an implementation of an explode function which is available in many other programming languages as a standard function:
type
TStringDynArray = array of String;
function Explode(const Separator, S: string; Limit: Integer = 0): TStringDynArray;
var
SepLen: Integer;
F, P: PChar;
ALen, Index: Integer;
begin
SetLength(Result, 0);
if (S = '') or (Limit < 0) then Exit;
if Separator = '' then
begin
SetLength(Result, 1);
Result[0] := S;
Exit;
end;
SepLen := Length(Separator);
ALen := Limit;
SetLength(Result, ALen);
Index := 0;
P := PChar(S);
while P^ <> #0 do
begin
F := P;
P := AnsiStrPos(P, PChar(Separator));
if (P = nil) or ((Limit > 0) and (Index = Limit - 1)) then P := StrEnd(F);
if Index >= ALen then
begin
Inc(ALen, 5);
SetLength(Result, ALen);
end;
SetString(Result[Index], F, P - F);
Inc(Index);
if P^ <> #0 then Inc(P, SepLen);
end;
if Index < ALen then SetLength(Result, Index);
end;
Sample usage:
var
res: TStringDynArray;
begin
res := Explode(':', yourString);
I wrote this function which returns linked list of separated strings by specific delimiter. Pure free pascal without modules.
Program split_f;
type
PTItem = ^TItem;
TItem = record
str : string;
next : PTItem;
end;
var
s : string;
strs : PTItem;
procedure split(str : string;delim : char;var list : PTItem);
var
i : integer;
buff : PTItem;
begin
new(list);
buff:= list;
buff^.str:='';
buff^.next:=nil;
for i:=1 to length(str) do begin
if (str[i] = delim) then begin
new(buff^.next);
buff:=buff^.next;
buff^.str := '';
buff^.next := nil;
end
else
buff^.str:= buff^.str+str[i];
end;
end;
procedure print(var list:PTItem);
var
buff : PTItem;
begin
buff := list;
while buff<>nil do begin
writeln(buff^.str);
buff:= buff^.next;
end;
end;
begin
s := 'Hi;how;are;you?';
split(s, ';', strs);
print(strs);
end.
Jedi Code Library provides an enhanced StringList with built-in Split function, that is capable of both adding and replacing the existing text. It also provides reference-counted interface. So this can be used even with older Delphi versions that have no SplitStrings and without careful and a bit tedious customizations of stock TStringList to only use specified delimiters.
For example given text file of lines like Dog 5 4 7 one can parse them using:
var slF, slR: IJclStringList; ai: TList<integer>; s: string; i: integer;
action: procedure(const Name: string; Const Data: array of integer);
slF := TJclStringList.Create; slF.LoadFromFile('some.txt');
slR := TJclStringList.Create;
for s in slF do begin
slR.Split(s, ' ', true);
ai := TList<Integer>.Create;
try
for i := 1 to slR.Count - 1 do
ai.Add(StrToInt(slR[i]));
action(slR[0], ai.ToArray);
finally ai.Free; end;
end;
http://wiki.delphi-jedi.org/wiki/JCL_Help:IJclStringList.Split#string#string#Boolean
This will solve your problem
interface
TArrayStr = Array Of string;
implementation
function SplitString(Text: String): TArrayStr;
var
intIdx: Integer;
intIdxOutput: Integer;
const
Delimiter = ';';
begin
intIdxOutput := 0;
SetLength(Result, 1);
Result[0] := '';
for intIdx := 1 to Length(Text) do
begin
if Text[intIdx] = Delimiter then
begin
intIdxOutput := intIdxOutput + 1;
SetLength(Result, Length(Result) + 1);
end
else
Result[intIdxOutput] := Result[intIdxOutput] + Text[intIdx];
end;
end;
My favourite function for splitting:
procedure splitString(delim: char; s: string; ListOfStrings: TStrings);
var temp: string;
i: integer;
begin
ListOfStrings.Clear;
for i:=1 to length(s) do
begin
if s[i] = delim then
begin
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
temp := '';
end
else
begin
temp := temp + s[i];
if i=length(s) then
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
end;
end;
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
end;
*
//Basic functionality of a TStringList solves this:
uses Classes //TStringList
,types //TStringDynArray
,SysUtils //StringReplace()
;
....
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
function _SplitString(const s:string; const delimiter:Char):TStringDynArray;
var sl:TStringList;
i:integer;
begin
sl:=TStringList.Create;
//separete delimited items by sLineBreak;TStringlist will do the job:
sl.Text:=StringReplace(s,delimiter,sLineBreak,[rfReplaceAll]);
//return the splitted string as an array:
setlength(Result,sl.count);
for i:=0 to sl.Count-1
do Result[i]:=sl[i];
sl.Free;
end;
//To split a FileName (last item will be the pure filename itselfs):
function _SplitPath(const fn:TFileName):TStringDynArray;
begin
result:=_SplitString(fn,'\');
end;
*
The base of NGLG answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/8811242/6619626 you can use the following function:
type
OurArrayStr=array of string;
function SplitString(DelimeterChars:char;Str:string):OurArrayStr;
var
seg: TStringList;
i:integer;
ret:OurArrayStr;
begin
seg := TStringList.Create;
ExtractStrings([DelimeterChars],[], PChar(Str), seg);
for i:=0 to seg.Count-1 do
begin
SetLength(ret,length(ret)+1);
ret[length(ret)-1]:=seg.Strings[i];
end;
SplitString:=ret;
seg.Free;
end;
It works in all Delphi versions.
For delphi 2010, you need to create your own split function.
function Split(const Texto, Delimitador: string): TStringArray;
var
i: integer;
Len: integer;
PosStart: integer;
PosDel: integer;
TempText:string;
begin
i := 0;
SetLength(Result, 1);
Len := Length(Delimitador);
PosStart := 1;
PosDel := Pos(Delimitador, Texto);
TempText:= Texto;
while PosDel > 0 do
begin
Result[i] := Copy(TempText, PosStart, PosDel - PosStart);
PosStart := PosDel + Len;
TempText:=Copy(TempText, PosStart, Length(TempText));
PosDel := Pos(Delimitador, TempText);
PosStart := 1;
inc(i);
SetLength(Result, i + 1);
end;
Result[i] := Copy(TempText, PosStart, Length(TempText));
end;
You can refer to it as such
type
TStringArray = array of string;
var Temp2:TStringArray;
Temp1="hello:world";
Temp2=Split(Temp1,':')
procedure SplitCSV(S:STRING;out SL:TStringList);
var c,commatext:string;
a,b,up:integer;
begin
c:=s.Replace(' ','<SPACE>'); //curate spaces
//first ocurrence of "
a:=pos('"',c);
b:=pos('"',c,a+1);
if (a>0) and (b>0) then
begin
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,0,a-1);
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,a,b-a+1).Replace(',','<COMMA>'); //curate commas
up:=b+1;
end
else
commatext:=c;
//while continue discovering "
while (a>0) and (b>0) do
begin
a:=Pos('"',c,b+1);
b:=pos('"',c,a+1);
if (a>0) and (b>0) then
begin
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,up,a-up);
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,a,b-a+1).Replace(',','<COMMA>'); //curate commas
up:=b+1;
end;
end;
//last piece of text end
if up<c.Length then
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,up,c.Length-up+1);
//split text using CommaText
sl.CommaText:=commatext;
sl.Text:=sl.Text.Replace('<COMMA>',','); //curate commas
sl.Text:=sl.Text.Replace('<SPACE>',' '); //curate spaces
end;
interface
uses
Classes;
type
TStringArray = array of string;
TUtilStr = class
class function Split(const AValue: string; const ADelimiter: Char = ';'; const AQuoteChar: Char = '"'): TStringArray; static;
end;
implementation
{ TUtilStr }
class function TUtilStr.Split(const AValue: string; const ADelimiter: Char; const AQuoteChar: Char): TStringArray;
var
LSplited: TStringList;
LText: string;
LIndex: Integer;
begin
LSplited := TStringList.Create;
try
LSplited.StrictDelimiter := True;
LSplited.Delimiter := ADelimiter;
LSplited.QuoteChar := AQuoteChar;
LSplited.DelimitedText := AValue;
SetLength(Result, LSplited.Count);
for LIndex := 0 to LSplited.Count - 1 do
begin
Result[LIndex] := LSplited[LIndex];
end;
finally
LSplited.Free;
end;
end;
end.
I initially praised the answer from #Frank as I needed something that works for Delphi 6 and it appeared to work. However, I have since found that that solution has a bug whereby it still splits on #13#10 regardless of delimiter. Works perfectly if you are not expecting lines in your source string.
I wrote a simple parser that only works for single character delimiters. Note: it puts the values into a TStrings, not into an array as the op requested, but can easily be modified to adapt to arrays.
Here is the procedure:
procedure SplitString(const ASource: string; const ADelimiter: Char; AValues: TStrings);
var
i, lastDelimPos: Integer;
begin
AValues.Clear;
lastDelimPos := 0;
for i := 1 to Length(ASource) do
if ASource[i] = ADelimiter then
begin
if lastDelimPos = 0 then
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, 1, i - 1))
else
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, lastDelimPos + 1, i - 1));
lastDelimPos := i;
end;
if lastDelimPos = 0 then
AValues.Add(ASource)
else
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, lastDelimPos + 1, MaxInt));
end;
function CopyRange(const s: string; const AIndexFrom, AIndexTo: Integer): string;
begin
Result := Copy(s, AIndexFrom, AIndexTo - AIndexFrom + 1);
end;
Note: as per C#'s string.Split(), a blank input string will result in a single blank string in the TStrings. Similarly, just having a delimiter by itself as the input string would result in two blank strings in the TStrings.
Here is the rough test code I used to ensure it's solid:
procedure AddTest(const ATestLine: string; const AExpectedResult: array of string);
var
expectedResult: TStringList;
i: Integer;
begin
expectedResult := TStringList.Create;
for i := 0 to Length(AExpectedResult) - 1 do
expectedResult.Add(AExpectedResult[i]);
testStrings.AddObject(ATestLine, expectedResult);
end;
//====================
AddTest('test', ['test']);
AddTest('', ['']);
AddTest(',', ['', '']);
AddTest('line1' + #13#10 + ',line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1' + #13#10, 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('line1' + #13#10 + 'd,line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1' + #13#10 + 'd', 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('line1,line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1', 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('test, ', ['test', ' ']);
AddTest('test,', ['test', '']);
AddTest('test1,test2 ', ['test1', 'test2 ']);
AddTest('test1,test2', ['test1', 'test2']);
AddTest('test1,test2, ', ['test1', 'test2', ' ']);
AddTest('test1,test2,', ['test1', 'test2', '']);
//====================
testFailed := False;
for i := 0 to testStrings.Count - 1 do
begin
SplitString2(testStrings[i], ',', f);
log('Test ID=%d', [i]);
log(' Test String="%s"', [testStrings[i]]);
log(' Item count=%d', [f.Count]);
testResult := TStringList(TestStrings.Objects[i]);
if testResult.Count <> f.Count then
begin
Log('!!');
Log('!! Count mismatch. Got=%d, Expected=%d', [f.Count, testResult.Count]);
Log('!!');
testFailed := True;
end;
for j := 0 to f.Count - 1 do
begin
log(' Item %d="%s" (len=%d)', [j, f[j], Length(f[j])]);
if testResult[j] <> f[j] then
begin
Log('!!');
Log('!! Text mismatch. Got="%s", Expected="%s"', [f[j], testResult[j]]);
Log('!!');
testFailed := True;
end;
end;
end;
Edit: code for the CopyRange() function was missing, added now. My bad.

Delphi XE and Unicode

I have a one function that was working in Delphi 6. Now I trying to migrate the old project to Delphi XE8, but this function doesn't work properly.
Please help me.
old function:
function ReadString(var P: Pointer): String;
var
B: Byte;
begin
B := Byte(P^);
SetLength(Result, B);
P := Pointer( Integer(P) + 1);
Move(P^, Result[1], Integer(B));
P := Pointer( Integer(P) + B );
end;
I try to changed it to uncode, but it doesn't work:
function ReadString(var P: Pointer): String;
var
B: Byte;
LResult: AnsiString;
begin
B := Byte(P^);
SetLength(LResult, B);
P := Pointer( Integer(P) + 1);
Move(P^, LResult[1], Integer(B));
P := Pointer( Integer(P) + B );
Result := String(LResult);
end
The function use in:
GetIntfMetaData(Myobj as IFController, IntfMD, True);
procedure GetIntfMetaData(Info: PTypeInfo; var IntfMD: TIntfMetaData; MethodArrayOpt: TFillMethodArrayOpt);
var
I, Offset: Integer;
Methods: Integer;
BaseRTTIMethods: Integer;
HasRTTI: Integer;
PP: PPTypeInfo;
P: Pointer;
SelfMethCount: Integer;
IntfMethod: PIntfMethEntry;
begin
P := Pointer(Info);
IntfMD.Info := Info;
{ tkKind }
ReadByte(P);
IntfMD.Name := ReadString(P);
{ Interface flags }
ReadByte(P);
IntfMD.UnitName := ReadString(P);
Methods := ReadWord(P); { # methods }
HasRTTI := ReadWord(P); { $FFFF if no RTTI, # methods again if has RTTI }
if HasRTTI = $FFFF then
raise EInterfaceRTTIException.CreateFmt(SNoRTTI, [IntfMD.UnitName + '.' + IntfMd.Name]);
{ Save my method count }
SelfMethCount := Methods;
Offset := 0;
{ Size array and fill in information }
SetLength(IntfMD.MDA, Methods);
FillMethodArray(P, #IntfMD, Offset, SelfMethCount);
end;
procedure FillMethodArray(P: Pointer; IntfMD: PIntfMetaData; Offset, Methods: Integer);
var
S: Ansistring;
I, J, K, L: Integer;
ParamCount: Integer;
Kind, Flags: Byte;
ParamInfo: PTypeInfo;
ParamName: Ansistring;
IntfMethod: PIntfMethEntry;
IntfParam: PIntfParamEntry;
begin
for I := 0 to Methods -1 do
begin
IntfMethod := #IntfMD.MDA[Offset];
IntfMethod.Name := ReadString(P);
Kind := ReadByte(P); { tkKind }
IntfMethod.CC := CCMap[ReadByte(P)];
ParamCount := ReadByte(P); { Param count including self }
IntfMethod.ParamCount := ParamCount - 1;
IntfMethod.Pos := Offset;
IntfMethod.HasRTTI := True;
SetLength(IntfMethod.Params, ParamCount);
K := 0;
for J := 0 to ParamCount - 1 do
begin
Flags := ReadByte(P); { Flags }
ParamName := ReadString(P); { Param name }
S := ReadString(P); { Param type name }
L := ReadLong(P); { Param Type Info }
if L <> 0 then
ParamInfo := PPTypeInfo(L)^
else
raise EInterfaceRTTIException.CreateFmt(SNoRTTIParam, [ParamName, IntfMethod.Name, IntfMD.UnitName + '.' + IntfMd.Name]);
if J = 0 then
IntfMethod.SelfInfo := ParamInfo
else
begin
IntfParam := #IntfMethod.Params[K];
IntfParam.Flags := TParamFlags(Flags);
IntfParam.Name := ParamName;
IntfParam.Info := ParamInfo;
Inc(K);
end;
end;
if Kind = Byte(mkFunction) then
begin
S := ReadString(P);
IntfMethod.ResultInfo := PPTypeInfo(ReadLong(P))^;
end;
Inc(Offset);
end;
end;
function ReadByte(var P: Pointer): Byte;
begin
Result := Byte(P^);
P := Pointer( Integer(P) + 1);
end;
If you want the name of the type through the PTypeInfo structure:
function GetName(p: Pointer): String;
begin
Result := PTypeInfo(P)^.Name;
end;
Or better to fully qualify the pointer:
function GetName(p: PTypeInfo): String;
begin
Result := P^.Name;
end;
Or use the built in function:
TypInfo.GetTypeName.
What David was pointing out in the comments, the TTypeInfo record starts with an enum, Kind. Next comes the Name string. The offset to this field is better left for the compiler to calculate.
In your updated question it is clear that you increment the pointer with 1 (ReadByte) before calling the function to get the name. Don't do that.
Do this:
IntfMD.Name := GetTypeName(Info);
Now, use this knowledge to handle the methods of the TTypeInfo, which needs an update too.
This is solution that I found in internet and it work(but I do not know if it's proper):
function ReadString(var P: Pointer): String;
var
B: Byte;
{$IFDEF UNICODE}
{$IFDEF NEXTGEN}
AStr: TBytes;
{$ELSE !NEXTGEN}
AStr: AnsiString;
{$ENDIF NEXTGEN}
{$ENDIF}
begin
B := Byte(P^);
{$IFDEF UNICODE}
SetLength(AStr, B);
P := Pointer(NativeInt(P)+1);
{$IFDEF NEXTGEN}
Move(P^, AStr[0], Integer(B));
Result := Tencoding.UTF8.GetString(AStr);
{$ELSE !NEXTGEN}
Move(P^, AStr[1], Integer(B));
Result := UTF8ToString(AStr);
{$ENDIF NEXTGEN}
{$ELSE}
SetLength(Result, B);
P := Pointer( NativeInt(P) + 1);
Move(P^, Result[1], Integer(B));
{$ENDIF}
P := Pointer( NativeInt(P) + B );
end;

Split a string into an array of strings based on a delimiter

I'm trying to find a Delphi function that will split an input string into an array of strings based on a delimiter. I've found a lot from searching the web, but all seem to have their own issues and I haven't been able to get any of them to work.
I just need to split a string like:
"word:doc,txt,docx" into an array based on ':'. The result would be
['word', 'doc,txt,docx']. How can I do that?
you can use the TStrings.DelimitedText property for split an string
check this sample
program Project28;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Classes,
SysUtils;
procedure Split(Delimiter: Char; Str: string; ListOfStrings: TStrings) ;
begin
ListOfStrings.Clear;
ListOfStrings.Delimiter := Delimiter;
ListOfStrings.StrictDelimiter := True; // Requires D2006 or newer.
ListOfStrings.DelimitedText := Str;
end;
var
OutPutList: TStringList;
begin
OutPutList := TStringList.Create;
try
Split(':', 'word:doc,txt,docx', OutPutList) ;
Writeln(OutPutList.Text);
Readln;
finally
OutPutList.Free;
end;
end.
UPDATE
See this link for an explanation of StrictDelimiter.
There is no need for engineering a Split function. It already exists, see: Classes.ExtractStrings.
Use it in a following manner:
program Project1;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Classes;
var
List: TStrings;
begin
List := TStringList.Create;
try
ExtractStrings([':'], [], PChar('word:doc,txt,docx'), List);
WriteLn(List.Text);
ReadLn;
finally
List.Free;
end;
end.
And to answer the question fully; List represents the desired array with the elements:
List[0] = 'word'
List[1] = 'doc,txt,docx'
You can use StrUtils.SplitString.
function SplitString(const S, Delimiters: string): TStringDynArray;
Its description from the documentation:
Splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified
delimiter characters.
SplitString splits a string into different parts delimited by the specified delimiter characters. S is the string to be split.
Delimiters is a string containing the characters defined as delimiters.
SplitString returns an array of strings of type System.Types.TStringDynArray that contains the split parts of the
original string.
Using the SysUtils.TStringHelper.Split function, introduced in Delphi XE3:
var
MyString: String;
Splitted: TArray<String>;
begin
MyString := 'word:doc,txt,docx';
Splitted := MyString.Split([':']);
end.
This will split a string with a given delimiter into an array of strings.
I always use something similar to this:
Uses
StrUtils, Classes;
Var
Str, Delimiter : String;
begin
// Str is the input string, Delimiter is the delimiter
With TStringList.Create Do
try
Text := ReplaceText(S,Delim,#13#10);
// From here on and until "finally", your desired result strings are
// in strings[0].. strings[Count-1)
finally
Free; //Clean everything up, and liberate your memory ;-)
end;
end;
Similar to the Explode() function offered by Mef, but with a couple of differences (one of which I consider a bug fix):
type
TArrayOfString = array of String;
function SplitString(const aSeparator, aString: String; aMax: Integer = 0): TArrayOfString;
var
i, strt, cnt: Integer;
sepLen: Integer;
procedure AddString(aEnd: Integer = -1);
var
endPos: Integer;
begin
if (aEnd = -1) then
endPos := i
else
endPos := aEnd + 1;
if (strt < endPos) then
result[cnt] := Copy(aString, strt, endPos - strt)
else
result[cnt] := '';
Inc(cnt);
end;
begin
if (aString = '') or (aMax < 0) then
begin
SetLength(result, 0);
EXIT;
end;
if (aSeparator = '') then
begin
SetLength(result, 1);
result[0] := aString;
EXIT;
end;
sepLen := Length(aSeparator);
SetLength(result, (Length(aString) div sepLen) + 1);
i := 1;
strt := i;
cnt := 0;
while (i <= (Length(aString)- sepLen + 1)) do
begin
if (aString[i] = aSeparator[1]) then
if (Copy(aString, i, sepLen) = aSeparator) then
begin
AddString;
if (cnt = aMax) then
begin
SetLength(result, cnt);
EXIT;
end;
Inc(i, sepLen - 1);
strt := i + 1;
end;
Inc(i);
end;
AddString(Length(aString));
SetLength(result, cnt);
end;
Differences:
aMax parameter limits the number of strings to be returned
If the input string is terminated by a separator then a nominal "empty" final string is deemed to exist
Examples:
SplitString(':', 'abc') returns : result[0] = abc
SplitString(':', 'a:b:c:') returns : result[0] = a
result[1] = b
result[2] = c
result[3] = <empty string>
SplitString(':', 'a:b:c:', 2) returns: result[0] = a
result[1] = b
It is the trailing separator and notional "empty final element" that I consider the bug fix.
I also incorporated the memory allocation change I suggested, with refinement (I mistakenly suggested the input string might at most contain 50% separators, but it could conceivably of course consist of 100% separator strings, yielding an array of empty elements!)
Explode is very high speed function, source alhoritm get from TStrings component.
I use next test for explode:
Explode 134217733 bytes of data, i get 19173962 elements, time of work: 2984 ms.
Implode is very low speed function, but i write it easy.
{ ****************************************************************************** }
{ Explode/Implode (String <> String array) }
{ ****************************************************************************** }
function Explode(S: String; Delimiter: Char): Strings; overload;
var I, C: Integer; P, P1: PChar;
begin
SetLength(Result, 0);
if Length(S) = 0 then Exit;
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); C:=0;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
Inc(C);
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
SetLength(Result, C);
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); I:=-1;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
Inc(I); SetString(Result[I], P1, P-P1);
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
end;
function Explode(S: String; Delimiter: Char; Index: Integer): String; overload;
var I: Integer; P, P1: PChar;
begin
if Length(S) = 0 then Exit;
P:=PChar(S+Delimiter); I:=1;
while P^ <> #0 do begin
P1:=P;
while (P^ <> Delimiter) do P:=CharNext(P);
SetString(Result, P1, P-P1);
if (I <> Index) then Inc(I) else begin
SetString(Result, P1, P-P1); Exit;
end;
while P^ in [#1..' '] do P:=CharNext(P);
if P^ = Delimiter then begin
repeat
P:=CharNext(P);
until not (P^ in [#1..' ']);
end;
end;
end;
function Implode(S: Strings; Delimiter: Char): String;
var iCount: Integer;
begin
Result:='';
if (Length(S) = 0) then Exit;
for iCount:=0 to Length(S)-1 do
Result:=Result+S[iCount]+Delimiter;
System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
end;
var
su : string; // What we want split
si : TStringList; // Result of splitting
Delimiter : string;
...
Delimiter := ';';
si.Text := ReplaceStr(su, Delimiter, #13#10);
Lines in si list will contain splitted strings.
You can make your own function which returns TArray of string:
function mySplit(input: string): TArray<string>;
var
delimiterSet: array [0 .. 0] of char;
// split works with char array, not a single char
begin
delimiterSet[0] := '&'; // some character
result := input.Split(delimiterSet);
end;
Here is an implementation of an explode function which is available in many other programming languages as a standard function:
type
TStringDynArray = array of String;
function Explode(const Separator, S: string; Limit: Integer = 0): TStringDynArray;
var
SepLen: Integer;
F, P: PChar;
ALen, Index: Integer;
begin
SetLength(Result, 0);
if (S = '') or (Limit < 0) then Exit;
if Separator = '' then
begin
SetLength(Result, 1);
Result[0] := S;
Exit;
end;
SepLen := Length(Separator);
ALen := Limit;
SetLength(Result, ALen);
Index := 0;
P := PChar(S);
while P^ <> #0 do
begin
F := P;
P := AnsiStrPos(P, PChar(Separator));
if (P = nil) or ((Limit > 0) and (Index = Limit - 1)) then P := StrEnd(F);
if Index >= ALen then
begin
Inc(ALen, 5);
SetLength(Result, ALen);
end;
SetString(Result[Index], F, P - F);
Inc(Index);
if P^ <> #0 then Inc(P, SepLen);
end;
if Index < ALen then SetLength(Result, Index);
end;
Sample usage:
var
res: TStringDynArray;
begin
res := Explode(':', yourString);
I wrote this function which returns linked list of separated strings by specific delimiter. Pure free pascal without modules.
Program split_f;
type
PTItem = ^TItem;
TItem = record
str : string;
next : PTItem;
end;
var
s : string;
strs : PTItem;
procedure split(str : string;delim : char;var list : PTItem);
var
i : integer;
buff : PTItem;
begin
new(list);
buff:= list;
buff^.str:='';
buff^.next:=nil;
for i:=1 to length(str) do begin
if (str[i] = delim) then begin
new(buff^.next);
buff:=buff^.next;
buff^.str := '';
buff^.next := nil;
end
else
buff^.str:= buff^.str+str[i];
end;
end;
procedure print(var list:PTItem);
var
buff : PTItem;
begin
buff := list;
while buff<>nil do begin
writeln(buff^.str);
buff:= buff^.next;
end;
end;
begin
s := 'Hi;how;are;you?';
split(s, ';', strs);
print(strs);
end.
Jedi Code Library provides an enhanced StringList with built-in Split function, that is capable of both adding and replacing the existing text. It also provides reference-counted interface. So this can be used even with older Delphi versions that have no SplitStrings and without careful and a bit tedious customizations of stock TStringList to only use specified delimiters.
For example given text file of lines like Dog 5 4 7 one can parse them using:
var slF, slR: IJclStringList; ai: TList<integer>; s: string; i: integer;
action: procedure(const Name: string; Const Data: array of integer);
slF := TJclStringList.Create; slF.LoadFromFile('some.txt');
slR := TJclStringList.Create;
for s in slF do begin
slR.Split(s, ' ', true);
ai := TList<Integer>.Create;
try
for i := 1 to slR.Count - 1 do
ai.Add(StrToInt(slR[i]));
action(slR[0], ai.ToArray);
finally ai.Free; end;
end;
http://wiki.delphi-jedi.org/wiki/JCL_Help:IJclStringList.Split#string#string#Boolean
This will solve your problem
interface
TArrayStr = Array Of string;
implementation
function SplitString(Text: String): TArrayStr;
var
intIdx: Integer;
intIdxOutput: Integer;
const
Delimiter = ';';
begin
intIdxOutput := 0;
SetLength(Result, 1);
Result[0] := '';
for intIdx := 1 to Length(Text) do
begin
if Text[intIdx] = Delimiter then
begin
intIdxOutput := intIdxOutput + 1;
SetLength(Result, Length(Result) + 1);
end
else
Result[intIdxOutput] := Result[intIdxOutput] + Text[intIdx];
end;
end;
My favourite function for splitting:
procedure splitString(delim: char; s: string; ListOfStrings: TStrings);
var temp: string;
i: integer;
begin
ListOfStrings.Clear;
for i:=1 to length(s) do
begin
if s[i] = delim then
begin
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
temp := '';
end
else
begin
temp := temp + s[i];
if i=length(s) then
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
end;
end;
ListOfStrings.add(temp);
end;
*
//Basic functionality of a TStringList solves this:
uses Classes //TStringList
,types //TStringDynArray
,SysUtils //StringReplace()
;
....
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
function _SplitString(const s:string; const delimiter:Char):TStringDynArray;
var sl:TStringList;
i:integer;
begin
sl:=TStringList.Create;
//separete delimited items by sLineBreak;TStringlist will do the job:
sl.Text:=StringReplace(s,delimiter,sLineBreak,[rfReplaceAll]);
//return the splitted string as an array:
setlength(Result,sl.count);
for i:=0 to sl.Count-1
do Result[i]:=sl[i];
sl.Free;
end;
//To split a FileName (last item will be the pure filename itselfs):
function _SplitPath(const fn:TFileName):TStringDynArray;
begin
result:=_SplitString(fn,'\');
end;
*
The base of NGLG answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/8811242/6619626 you can use the following function:
type
OurArrayStr=array of string;
function SplitString(DelimeterChars:char;Str:string):OurArrayStr;
var
seg: TStringList;
i:integer;
ret:OurArrayStr;
begin
seg := TStringList.Create;
ExtractStrings([DelimeterChars],[], PChar(Str), seg);
for i:=0 to seg.Count-1 do
begin
SetLength(ret,length(ret)+1);
ret[length(ret)-1]:=seg.Strings[i];
end;
SplitString:=ret;
seg.Free;
end;
It works in all Delphi versions.
For delphi 2010, you need to create your own split function.
function Split(const Texto, Delimitador: string): TStringArray;
var
i: integer;
Len: integer;
PosStart: integer;
PosDel: integer;
TempText:string;
begin
i := 0;
SetLength(Result, 1);
Len := Length(Delimitador);
PosStart := 1;
PosDel := Pos(Delimitador, Texto);
TempText:= Texto;
while PosDel > 0 do
begin
Result[i] := Copy(TempText, PosStart, PosDel - PosStart);
PosStart := PosDel + Len;
TempText:=Copy(TempText, PosStart, Length(TempText));
PosDel := Pos(Delimitador, TempText);
PosStart := 1;
inc(i);
SetLength(Result, i + 1);
end;
Result[i] := Copy(TempText, PosStart, Length(TempText));
end;
You can refer to it as such
type
TStringArray = array of string;
var Temp2:TStringArray;
Temp1="hello:world";
Temp2=Split(Temp1,':')
procedure SplitCSV(S:STRING;out SL:TStringList);
var c,commatext:string;
a,b,up:integer;
begin
c:=s.Replace(' ','<SPACE>'); //curate spaces
//first ocurrence of "
a:=pos('"',c);
b:=pos('"',c,a+1);
if (a>0) and (b>0) then
begin
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,0,a-1);
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,a,b-a+1).Replace(',','<COMMA>'); //curate commas
up:=b+1;
end
else
commatext:=c;
//while continue discovering "
while (a>0) and (b>0) do
begin
a:=Pos('"',c,b+1);
b:=pos('"',c,a+1);
if (a>0) and (b>0) then
begin
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,up,a-up);
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,a,b-a+1).Replace(',','<COMMA>'); //curate commas
up:=b+1;
end;
end;
//last piece of text end
if up<c.Length then
commatext:=commatext+copy(c,up,c.Length-up+1);
//split text using CommaText
sl.CommaText:=commatext;
sl.Text:=sl.Text.Replace('<COMMA>',','); //curate commas
sl.Text:=sl.Text.Replace('<SPACE>',' '); //curate spaces
end;
interface
uses
Classes;
type
TStringArray = array of string;
TUtilStr = class
class function Split(const AValue: string; const ADelimiter: Char = ';'; const AQuoteChar: Char = '"'): TStringArray; static;
end;
implementation
{ TUtilStr }
class function TUtilStr.Split(const AValue: string; const ADelimiter: Char; const AQuoteChar: Char): TStringArray;
var
LSplited: TStringList;
LText: string;
LIndex: Integer;
begin
LSplited := TStringList.Create;
try
LSplited.StrictDelimiter := True;
LSplited.Delimiter := ADelimiter;
LSplited.QuoteChar := AQuoteChar;
LSplited.DelimitedText := AValue;
SetLength(Result, LSplited.Count);
for LIndex := 0 to LSplited.Count - 1 do
begin
Result[LIndex] := LSplited[LIndex];
end;
finally
LSplited.Free;
end;
end;
end.
I initially praised the answer from #Frank as I needed something that works for Delphi 6 and it appeared to work. However, I have since found that that solution has a bug whereby it still splits on #13#10 regardless of delimiter. Works perfectly if you are not expecting lines in your source string.
I wrote a simple parser that only works for single character delimiters. Note: it puts the values into a TStrings, not into an array as the op requested, but can easily be modified to adapt to arrays.
Here is the procedure:
procedure SplitString(const ASource: string; const ADelimiter: Char; AValues: TStrings);
var
i, lastDelimPos: Integer;
begin
AValues.Clear;
lastDelimPos := 0;
for i := 1 to Length(ASource) do
if ASource[i] = ADelimiter then
begin
if lastDelimPos = 0 then
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, 1, i - 1))
else
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, lastDelimPos + 1, i - 1));
lastDelimPos := i;
end;
if lastDelimPos = 0 then
AValues.Add(ASource)
else
AValues.Add(CopyRange(ASource, lastDelimPos + 1, MaxInt));
end;
function CopyRange(const s: string; const AIndexFrom, AIndexTo: Integer): string;
begin
Result := Copy(s, AIndexFrom, AIndexTo - AIndexFrom + 1);
end;
Note: as per C#'s string.Split(), a blank input string will result in a single blank string in the TStrings. Similarly, just having a delimiter by itself as the input string would result in two blank strings in the TStrings.
Here is the rough test code I used to ensure it's solid:
procedure AddTest(const ATestLine: string; const AExpectedResult: array of string);
var
expectedResult: TStringList;
i: Integer;
begin
expectedResult := TStringList.Create;
for i := 0 to Length(AExpectedResult) - 1 do
expectedResult.Add(AExpectedResult[i]);
testStrings.AddObject(ATestLine, expectedResult);
end;
//====================
AddTest('test', ['test']);
AddTest('', ['']);
AddTest(',', ['', '']);
AddTest('line1' + #13#10 + ',line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1' + #13#10, 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('line1' + #13#10 + 'd,line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1' + #13#10 + 'd', 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('line1,line 2,line3, line 4', ['line1', 'line 2', 'line3', ' line 4']);
AddTest('test, ', ['test', ' ']);
AddTest('test,', ['test', '']);
AddTest('test1,test2 ', ['test1', 'test2 ']);
AddTest('test1,test2', ['test1', 'test2']);
AddTest('test1,test2, ', ['test1', 'test2', ' ']);
AddTest('test1,test2,', ['test1', 'test2', '']);
//====================
testFailed := False;
for i := 0 to testStrings.Count - 1 do
begin
SplitString2(testStrings[i], ',', f);
log('Test ID=%d', [i]);
log(' Test String="%s"', [testStrings[i]]);
log(' Item count=%d', [f.Count]);
testResult := TStringList(TestStrings.Objects[i]);
if testResult.Count <> f.Count then
begin
Log('!!');
Log('!! Count mismatch. Got=%d, Expected=%d', [f.Count, testResult.Count]);
Log('!!');
testFailed := True;
end;
for j := 0 to f.Count - 1 do
begin
log(' Item %d="%s" (len=%d)', [j, f[j], Length(f[j])]);
if testResult[j] <> f[j] then
begin
Log('!!');
Log('!! Text mismatch. Got="%s", Expected="%s"', [f[j], testResult[j]]);
Log('!!');
testFailed := True;
end;
end;
end;
Edit: code for the CopyRange() function was missing, added now. My bad.

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