What is a Long Pascal String?

[deleyd]

So far I have:

ZStr = zero terminated string (ASCIIZ, used in C).

PStr (Pascal String) = I'm guessing the first character is the length byte, followed by the string. Is this correct?

What is a Long Pascal String(LPStr)? I'm guessing the first word, or double word, is the length of the string? Which is it?

And is the format for a Unicode string(UCStr) that it always starts with hex byte DB, followed by words (16 bits) which represent the characters, ending with a zero word?

[TechMan]

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PStr (Pascal String) = I'm guessing the first character is the length byte, followed by the string. Is this correct?

Yes, a sequence of characters with a length byte at the beginning, indicating the size of the string. Sometimes null-terminated (00h).

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What is a Long Pascal String(LPStr)? I'm guessing the first word, or double word, is the length of the string? Which is it?

This is for 32-bit versions of Borland Delphi/Builder.
The first double word is a reference counter (keeps track of how many string variables are referring to the same string in memory). Is always set to $FFFFFFFF (-1) in the code. I think it's in order for the memory manager not to try freeing this string since it's hardcoded.

The next double word is the length of the string. Then a sequence of characters followed by zero (00h).

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And is the format for a Unicode string(UCStr) that it always starts with hex byte DB, followed by words (16 bits) which represent the characters, ending with a zero word?

Not available yet, but we plan to have it added in version 2.