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- program SetLengthDemo;
-
- var
- S : String (26);
-
- begin
- S := 'Hello, world!';
- SetLength (S, Length ('Hello'));
- WriteLn (S); { 'Hello' }
-
- SetLength (S, 26);
- WriteLn (S); { 'Hello, world!(%$xy"!#&~+(/]' }
- { undefined characters ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ }
-
- SetLength (S, 42); { The overflow is *not* (yet) detected. }
- WriteLn (S); { This might cause a runtime error or crash. }
- end.
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