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Type	Name	Summary

Function	AnsiCompareStr	Compare two strings for equality
Function	AnsiCompareText	Compare two strings for equality, ignoring case
Function	AnsiContainsStr	Returns true if a string contains a substring
Function	AnsiEndsStr	Returns true if a string ends with a substring
Function	AnsiIndexStr	Compares a string with a list of strings - returns match index
Function	AnsiLeftStr	Extracts characters from the left of a string
Function	AnsiLowerCase	Change upper case characters in a string to lower case
Function	AnsiMatchStr	Returns true if a string exactly matches one of a list of strings
Function	AnsiMidStr	Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string
Function	AnsiPos	Find the position of one string in another
Function	AnsiReplaceStr	Replaces a part of one string with another
Function	AnsiReverseString	Reverses the sequence of letters in a string
Function	AnsiRightStr	Extracts characters from the right of a string
Function	AnsiStartsStr	Returns true if a string starts with a substring
Function	AnsiUpperCase	Change lower case characters in a string to upper case
Procedure	AppendStr	Concatenate one string onto the end of another
Function	CompareStr	Compare two strings to see which is greater than the other
Function	CompareText	Compare two strings for equality, ignoring case
Function	Concat	Concatenates one or more strings into one string
Function	Copy	Create a copy of part of a string or an array
Variable	CurrencyDecimals	Defines decimal digit count in the Format function
Variable	CurrencyFormat	Defines currency string placement in curr display functions
Variable	CurrencyString	The currency string used in currency display functions
Function	CurrToStr	Convert a currency value to a string
Function	CurrToStrF	Convert a currency value to a string with formatting
Function	DateTimeToStr	Converts TDateTime date and time values to a string
Procedure	DateTimeToString	Rich formatting of a TDateTime variable into a string
Function	DateToStr	Converts a TDateTime date value to a string
Variable	DecimalSeparator	The character used to display the decimal point
Procedure	Delete	Delete a section of characters from a string
Function	DupeString	Creates a string containing copies of a substring
Function	ExtractFileDir	Extracts the dir part of a full file name
Function	ExtractFileDrive	Extracts the drive part of a full file name
Function	ExtractFileExt	Extracts the extension part of a full file name
Function	ExtractFileName	Extracts the name part of a full file name
Function	FloatToStr	Convert a floating point value to a string
Function	FloatToStrF	Convert a floating point value to a string with formatting
Function	Format	Rich formatting of numbers and text into a string
Function	FormatCurr	Rich formatting of a currency value into a string
Function	FormatDateTime	Rich formatting of a TDateTime variable into a string
Function	FormatFloat	Rich formatting of a floating point number into a string
Function	High	Returns the highest value of a type or variable
Function	InputBox	Display a dialog that asks for user text input, with default
Function	InputQuery	Display a dialog that asks for user text input
Procedure	Insert	Insert a string into another string
Function	IntToHex	Convert an Integer into a hexadecimal string
Function	IntToStr	Convert an integer into a string
Function	LastDelimiter	Find the last position of selected characters in a string
Function	Length	Return the number of elements in an array or string
Variable	LongDateFormat	Long version of the date to string format
Variable	LongDayNames	An array of days of the week names, starting 1 = Sunday
Variable	LongMonthNames	An array of days of the month names, starting 1 = January
Variable	LongTimeFormat	Long version of the time to string format
Function	LowerCase	Change upper case characters in a string to lower case
Function	MessageDlg	Displays a message, symbol, and selectable buttons
Function	MessageDlgPos	Displays a message plus buttons at a given screen position
Procedure	Move	Copy bytes of data from a source to a destination
Variable	NegCurrFormat	Defines negative amount formatting in currency displays
Function	Ord	Provides the Ordinal value of an integer, character or enum
Function	Pos	Find the position of one string in another
Procedure	ProcessPath	Split a drive/path/filename string into its constituent parts
Procedure	SetLength	Changes the size of a string, or the size(s) of an array
Procedure	SetString	Copies characters from a buffer into a string
Variable	ShortDateFormat	Compact version of the date to string format
Variable	ShortDayNames	An array of days of the week names, starting 1 = Sunday
Variable	ShortMonthNames	An array of days of the month names, starting 1 = Jan
Variable	ShortTimeFormat	Short version of the time to string format
Procedure	ShowMessage	Display a string in a simple dialog with an OK button
Procedure	ShowMessageFmt	Display formatted data in a simple dialog with an OK button
Procedure	ShowMessagePos	Display a string in a simple dialog at a given screen position
Procedure	Str	Converts an integer or floating point number to a string
Function	StringOfChar	Creates a string with one character repeated many times
Function	StringReplace	Replace one or more substrings found within a string
Function	StringToWideChar	Converts a normal string into a WideChar 0 terminated buffer
Function	StrScan	Searches for a specific character in a constant string
Function	StrToCurr	Convert a number string into a currency value
Function	StrToDate	Converts a date string into a TDateTime value
Function	StrToDateTime	Converts a date+time string into a TDateTime value
Function	StrToFloat	Convert a number string into a floating point value
Function	StrToInt	Convert an integer string into an Integer value
Function	StrToInt64	Convert an integer string into an Int64 value
Function	StrToInt64Def	Convert a string into an Int64 value with default
Function	StrToIntDef	Convert a string into an Integer value with default
Function	StrToTime	Converts a time string into a TDateTime value
Function	StuffString	Replaces a part of one string with another
Type	TFloatFormat	Formats for use in floating point number display functions
Type	TFormatSettings	A record for holding locale values for thread-safe functions
Variable	ThousandSeparator	The character used to display the thousands separator
Function	TimeToStr	Converts a TDateTime time value to a string
Type	TPrintDialog	Class that creates a printer selection and control dialog
Type	TReplaceFlags	Defines options for the StringReplace routine
Function	Trim	Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string
Function	TrimLeft	Removes leading blanks from a string
Function	TrimRight	Removes trailing blanks from a string
Type	TStringList	Holds a variable length list of strings
Variable	TwoDigitYearCenturyWindow	Sets the century threshold for 2 digit year string conversions
Function	UpCase	Convert a Char value to upper case
Function	UpperCase	Change lower case characters in a string to upper case
Procedure	Val	Converts number strings to integer and floating point values
Function	WideCharToString	Copies a null terminated WideChar string to a normal string
Function	WrapText	Add line feeds into a string to simulate word wrap

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