Name

WideChar Type

Syntax

type WideChar = #0..#65535;

Description

The WideChar type represents a 16-bit Unicode character. Unicode is a superset of the AnsiChar type: values between #0 and #255 are the same in both character sets, but Unicode has many additional characters to support a variety of international languages.

See Also

AnsiChar Type, Char Type, Chr Function, OleStrToString Function, OleStrToStrVar Procedure, Ord Function, PWideChar Type, String Keyword, StringToOleStr Function, StringToWideChar Function, WideCharLenToString Function, WideCharLenToStrVar Procedure, WideCharToString Function, WideCharToStrVar Procedure, WideString Type

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