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Widechar - variable type holding a single international character

type : WideChar = #0..#65535; Description The WideChar type is a simple variable type used to hold a single character that supports International character sets. WideChar types are 16 bits in size, providing support for multi-byte International character sets such as Chinese, which have vast numbers of characters (idiograms) in their character sets. It can be assigned from a character constant, or an integer. Related commands Char Variable type holding a single character PWideChar Pointer to a WideChar WideString A data type that holds a string of WideChars Example code : Different ways of assigning to and from a WideChar var myChar : WideChar; begin myChar := 'G'; // Assign from a character constant ShowMessage('Letter G = '+myChar); myChar := #65; // Assign from an integer constant ShowMessage('#65 = '+myChar); myChar := ^I; // Assign from a control char - tab ShowMessage('Control '+myChar+' character'); myChar := Chr(66); // Using Chr to convert a number ShowMessage('Chr(66) = '+myChar); myChar := WideChar(67); // Using WideChar as a standard cast ShowMessage('WideChar(67) = '+myChar); end; Show full unit code Letter G = G #65 = A Control character Chr(66) = B Char(67) = C