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IsPathDelimiter

unit
Sysutils
category
string handling routines

declaration
function IsPathDelimiter(const S: string; Index: Integer): boolean;

description
Returns True if a specified character in a string is the backslash (\) character.

The Index parameter specifies the position of the backslash character insdie the S. To test for more characters than just the backslash character, use IsDelimiter.

example
var s : string;
    b :  boolean;

s:='c:\program files\apps\data\';
b:= IsPathDelimiter(Copy(s,Length(s),1), 1);

//b=True the last character is \

in real code
String Types in Delphi
Understanding and managing string data types in Delphi's Object Pascal. Learn about differences between Short, Long, Wide and null-terminated strings.

see also
LastDelimiter, IsDelimiter


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