Hey, the code I am having a problem with is more like: TYPE PString = STRING[40]; pPString = ^PString; VAR PPtr : pPString; ConsVers : String(15); BEGIN PPtr := @ConsVers; END. test.pas:1425: assignment from incompatible pointer type This code has worked with Turbo and SVS, but not GPC. Thanks, Adam -----Original Message----- From: Frank Heckenbach [mailto:frank@g-n-u.de] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:51 PM To: gpc@gnu.de Subject: Re: Strings, Lengths, etc Oldham, Adam wrote:

Also, if I have a String[15] and String[20] and I want to assign a variable with the value in string15, is there a way to get the compiler to not complain that the types are different?

What do you mean? Assigning between strings of different capacity works without any warning or error: program Foo; var Foo: String (15); Bar: String (20); begin Foo := Bar; Bar := Foo end. Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank@g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/ GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal/todo.html