On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Andy Ball wrote:
RE> It might be worth checking out the ParamStr function.
Thanks. Hopefully the Web servers will be back up soon and I will be able to look this one up.
meanwhile:
ParamStr built-in ========
(Under construction.)
Synopsis
function ParamStr (ParmNumber: Integer): String;
Description
*Please note:* If you are using the Dos (DJGPP) or MS-Windows (mingw32) version of GPC and are getting unexpected results from `ParamStr', please see the section "Command-line Arguments Handling in DJGPP" of the DJGPP FAQ list.
Conforming to
`ParamStr' is a Borland Pascal extension.
Example
program ParamStrDemo;
var i: Integer;
begin WriteLn ('You have invoked this program with ', ParamCount, ' arguments.'); WriteLn ('These are:'); for i := 1 to ParamCount do WriteLn (ParamStr (i)) end.
See also
Hope this helps Russ
p.s. does anyone know what the dot-quad number is for "www.gnu-pascal.de"? perhaps the server is up but only the name is deleted from the dns database.