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From: jsm@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Jon Meltzer)
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Subject: Re: Argv[0] in TURBO PASCAL
Message-ID: <202@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 29-Oct-86 12:43:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 29 12:43:50 1986
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Reply-To: jsm@vax1.UUCP (Jon Meltzer)
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In article <1637@ihuxy.UUCP> klotz@ihuxy.UUCP (Dave Klotzbach) writes:
>> Turbo Pascal does not support equivalent procedures to the argv()
>> and argc() functions found in most C (and in some Pascal) libraries.
>> 
>This is not true. Earlier version of TURBO did not have this facility,
>but with TURBO version 3.0 and later have supported these through the
>function argcnt and the array argstr[].. Argcnt is the number of arguments
>on the command line and argstr is the equiv. of *argv[]. 
>
>Since I do not have my handbook with me I may have the names of the function
>and array wrong but I have used both off these in my development.
>
The correct names are ParamCnt and ParamStr. ParamStr is a function, not an
array. (For example, ParamStr(1) is the first parameter).



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Jon Meltzer