Assigned

Check if a pointer is valid

Declaration

Source position: system.fpd line 20

Description

Assigned returns True if P is non-nil and retuns False of P is nil. The main use of Assigned is that Procedural variables, method variables and class-type variables also can be passed to Assigned.

Errors

None

See also

Example

Program Example96;

{ Program to demonstrate the Assigned function. }

Var P : Pointer;

begin
  If Not Assigned(P) then
    Writeln ('Pointer is initially NIL');
  P:=@P;
  If Not Assigned(P) then
    Writeln('Internal inconsistency')
  else
    Writeln('All is well in FPC')
end.

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