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TStringList is a RTL class whose purpose is to store and manipulate a list of strings. It is defined in Classes.pas

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Faster way to split text in Delphi TStringList

I have an app that needs to do heavy text manipulation in a TStringList. Basically i need to split text by a delimiter ; for instance, if i have a singe line with 1000 chars and this delimiter occurs 3 times in this line, then i need to split it in…
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TStringList behavior with non ANSI files

In my application, when I want import a file, i use TStringList. But, when someone export data from Excel, the file encoding is UCS-2 Little Endian, and TStringList can't read the data. There is any way to validate this situation, identify the text…
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Handling very large text files using TStreamReader and TStringList

I am using Embarcadero's Rad Studio Delphi (10.2.3) and have encountered a memory issue while reading in very large text files (7 million lines+, every line is different, lines can be 1 to ~200 characters in length, etc.). I am fairly new at Delphi…
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Delphi - Read File To StringList, then delete and write back to file

I'm currently working on a program to generate the hashes of files, in Delphi 2010. As part of this I have a option to create User Presets, e.g. pre-defined choice of hashing algo's which the user can create/save/delete. I have the create and load…
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unique_ptr dsts(new TStringList[5]) fail

MyEnvironment: C++ Builder XE4 I am trying to use array of TStringList using unique_ptr<>. Following didn't give any error: unique_ptr vals(new int [10]); On the other hand, following shows error: unique_ptr sls(new…
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Delphi XE7 Android how to store function pointers to later access?

When using Delphi to create Windows applications, it is possible do store function pointers in a TStringList variable, something like... function n_func(var data: integer): integer; begin //do something with data that will change its value …
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Inno Setup create TStringList from CDATA

I have a list in a CDATA element. How do I get the elements from the CDATA and add this to TStringList? If I get the CDATA string, it returns: 'string'#10#9#9#9'string'#10#9#9#9'string'#10#9#9#9'string'... However the characters #10#9#9#9 are not…
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How do I store and load a list of key-value pairs in a string?

I have a list of strings and the values they are to be replaced with. I'm trying to combine them in a list like 'O'='0',' .'='.', ... so it's easy for me to edit it and add more pairs of replacements to make. Right now the best way I could think of…
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Replacement for TStringList in Delphi Prism.

I am migrating an application written in Delphi 2007 .Net to Delphi Prism, which is the best option to replace the TStringList and TStrings class? Thanks in advance. Bye.
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Wrapping TStringList in a Record

I tend to use Delphi's TStringList for text manipulation, so I write a lot of procedures/functions like: var TempList: TStringList; begin TempList:= TStringList.Create; try // blah blah blah do stuff with TempList finally …
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TStringList and TThread that does not free all of its memory

Version used: Delphi 7. I'm working on a program that does a simple for loop on a Virtual ListView. The data is stored in the following record: type TList=record Item:Integer; SubItem1:String; SubItem2:String; end; Item is the index. SubItem1…
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Delphi: Types other than Integer for indexing TStringList items

Arrays can be indexed using user-defined enumerated types. For example: type TIndexValue = (ZERO = 0, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR); var MyArray: array[Low(TIndexValue) .. High(TIndexValue)] of String; Elements from this array can then be referenced…
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How Can I Replace StringList.Sort with a Stable Sort in Delphi?

I'm doing a simple StringList.sort, but Delphi uses a QuickSort that is not a stable sort, meaning it may change the relative order of records with equal keys. I need to use a stable sort. What would be the easiest way for me to implement this?…
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How to identify Delphi StringList object is created or not

I have declared variable of TStringList in private section. In a button click event I want to access that TStringList object. sVariable:= TStringList.Create; sVariable.add('Test1'); Now whenever i click on that button each time its newly created…
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Delphi Stringlist in Record

Is it possible to have a stringlist in a record? EG TImportStats = record ATotal:Integer; BTotal:String; AList:TStringist; end; and if I presume I would need to create it before using the record?
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