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Reference for unit 'System' (#rtl)

Reference for unit 'System': Procedures and functions

`abs`		Calculate absolute value
`AbstractError`		Generate an abstract error.
`AcquireExceptionObject`		Obtain a reference to the current exception object
`add(variant,variant):variant`		Implement addition `(+)` operation on variants.
`AddExitProc`		Add an exit procedure to the exit procedure chain.
`Addr`		Return address of a variable
`Align`		Return aligned version of an address
`AllocMem`		Allocate and clear memory.
`AnsiToUtf8`		Convert ansi string to UTF-8 string
`Append`		Open a file in append mode
`arctan`		Calculate inverse tangent
`ArrayStringToPPchar`		Concert an array of string to an array of null-terminated strings
`Assert`		Check validity of a given condition.
`Assign`		Assign a name to a file
`assign(ansistring):olevariant`
`assign(ansistring):variant`
`assign(Boolean):olevariant`
`assign(Boolean):variant`
`assign(Byte):olevariant`
`assign(Byte):variant`
`assign(Char):olevariant`
`assign(Char):variant`
`assign(comp):olevariant`		Assign a comp-precision float to an ole-variant
`assign(comp):variant`		Assign a comp-precision float to a variant
`assign(currency):olevariant`
`assign(currency):variant`
`assign(Double):olevariant`
`assign(Double):variant`
`assign(DWord):olevariant`
`assign(DWord):variant`
`assign(extended):olevariant`		Assign an extended-precision float to an ole-variant
`assign(extended):variant`		Assign an extended-precision float to a variant
`assign(Int64):olevariant`
`assign(Int64):variant`
`assign(longbool):olevariant`
`assign(longbool):variant`
`assign(LongInt):olevariant`
`assign(LongInt):variant`
`assign(olevariant):ansistring`
`assign(olevariant):Boolean`
`assign(olevariant):Byte`
`assign(olevariant):Char`
`assign(olevariant):comp`		Assign an ole- variant to a comp-precision float
`assign(olevariant):currency`
`assign(olevariant):Double`
`assign(olevariant):DWord`
`assign(olevariant):extended`		Assign an ole- variant to an extended-precision float
`assign(olevariant):Int64`
`assign(olevariant):longbool`
`assign(olevariant):LongInt`
`assign(olevariant):QWord`
`assign(olevariant):Real`		Assign an ole- variant to a real-precision float
`assign(olevariant):ShortInt`
`assign(olevariant):shortstring`
`assign(olevariant):single`		Assign an ole- variant to a single-precision float
`assign(olevariant):SmallInt`
`assign(olevariant):TDateTime`
`assign(olevariant):TError`
`assign(olevariant):UnicodeString`		Assign an ole-variant to a unicode string
`assign(olevariant):variant`
`assign(olevariant):WideChar`
`assign(olevariant):widestring`
`assign(olevariant):Word`
`assign(olevariant):wordbool`
`assign(QWord):olevariant`
`assign(QWord):variant`
`assign(Real):olevariant`		Assign a real-precision float to an ole-variant
`assign(Real):variant`		Assign a real-precision float to a variant
`assign(real48):Double`
`assign(real48):extended`
`assign(ShortInt):olevariant`
`assign(ShortInt):variant`
`assign(shortstring):olevariant`
`assign(shortstring):variant`
`assign(single):olevariant`		Assign a single-precision float to an ole-variant
`assign(single):variant`		Assign a single-precision float to a variant
`assign(SmallInt):olevariant`
`assign(SmallInt):variant`
`assign(TDateTime):olevariant`
`assign(TDateTime):variant`
`assign(TError):olevariant`
`assign(TError):variant`
`assign(UCS4String):variant`		Assign UCS4String to a variant, performing the necessary conversions
`assign(UnicodeString):olevariant`		Assign a unicodestring to an ole-variant
`assign(UnicodeString):variant`		Assign UnicodeString to a variant, performing the necessary conversions
`assign(UTF8String):variant`		Assign an UTF-8 string to a variant, performing the necessary conversions
`assign(variant):ansistring`
`assign(variant):Boolean`
`assign(variant):Byte`
`assign(variant):Char`
`assign(variant):comp`		Assign a variant to a comp-precision float
`assign(variant):currency`
`assign(variant):Double`
`assign(variant):DWord`
`assign(variant):extended`		Assign a variant to a extended-precision float
`assign(variant):Int64`
`assign(variant):longbool`
`assign(variant):LongInt`
`assign(variant):olevariant`
`assign(variant):QWord`
`assign(variant):Real`		Assign a variant to a real-precision float
`assign(variant):ShortInt`
`assign(variant):shortstring`
`assign(variant):single`		Assign a variant to a single-precision float
`assign(variant):SmallInt`
`assign(variant):TDateTime`
`assign(variant):TError`
`assign(variant):unicodestring`		Assign a variant to a unicodestring
`assign(variant):UTF8String`		Assign a variant to an UTF8String
`assign(variant):WideChar`
`assign(variant):widestring`
`assign(variant):Word`
`assign(variant):wordbool`
`assign(WideChar):olevariant`
`assign(WideChar):variant`
`assign(widestring):olevariant`
`assign(widestring):variant`
`assign(Word):olevariant`
`assign(Word):variant`
`assign(wordbool):olevariant`
`assign(wordbool):variant`
`Assigned`		Check if a pointer is valid
`BasicEventCreate`		Obsolete. Don't use
`basiceventdestroy`		Obsolete. Don't use
`basiceventResetEvent`		Obsolete. Don't use
`basiceventSetEvent`		Obsolete. Don't use
`basiceventWaitFor`		Obsolete. Don't use
`BeginThread`		Start a new thread.
`BEtoN`		Convert Big Endian-ordered integer to Native-ordered integer
`binStr`		Convert integer to string with binary representation.
`BlockRead`		Read data from an untyped file into memory
`BlockWrite`		Write data from memory to an untyped file
`Break`		Exit current loop construct.
`BsfByte`		Return the position of the rightmost set bit in an 8-bit value
`BsfDWord`		Return the position of the rightmost set bit in a 32-bit value
`BsfQWord`		Return the position of the rightmost set bit in a 64-bit value
`BsfWord`		Return the position of the rightmost set bit in a 16-bit value
`BsrByte`		Return the position of the leftmost set bit in an 8-bit value
`BsrDWord`		Return the position of the leftmost set bit in a 32-bit value
`BsrQWord`		Return the position of the leftmost set bit in a 64-bit value
`BsrWord`		Return the position of the leftmost set bit in a 16-bit value
`CaptureBacktrace`		Return stack trace
`chdir`		Change current working directory.
`chr`		Convert byte value to character value
`Close`		Close a file
`CloseThread`		Close a thread and free up resources used by the thread
`CompareByte`		Compare 2 memory buffers byte per byte
`CompareChar`		ompare 2 memory buffers character per character
`CompareChar0`		Compare two buffers character by character till a null-character is reached.
`CompareDWord`		Compare 2 memory buffers DWord per DWord
`CompareWord`		Compare 2 memory buffers word per word
`Concat`		Append one string to another.
`Continue`		Continue with next loop cycle.
`Copy`		Copy part of a string.
`CopyArray`		Copy managed-type elements in array
`cos`		Calculate cosine of angle
`Cseg`		Return code segment
`Dec`		Decrease value of variable
`Default`		Return Default initialized value
`DefaultAnsi2UnicodeMove`		Standard widestring manager callback
`DefaultAnsi2WideMove`		Standard implementation of Ansi to Widestring conversion routine
`DefaultUnicode2AnsiMove`		Standard widestring manager callback
`Delete`		Delete part of a string.
`Dispose`		Free dynamically allocated memory
`divide(variant,variant):variant`		Implement division `(/)` operation on variants.
`DoneCriticalsection`		Clean up a critical section.
`DoneThread`		End the current thread
`Dseg`		Return data segment
`DumpExceptionBackTrace`		Create backtrace
`Dump_Stack`		Dump stack to the given text file.
`DynArrayBounds`		Return the bounds of the dynamic array
`DynArrayClear`		Clear dynamical array
`DynArrayDim`		Return the number of dimensions in a dynamic array
`DynArrayIndex`		Return pointer to indicated element
`DynArraySetLength`		Set the length of a dynamic array
`DynArraySize`		Return length of dynamic array
`EmptyMethod`		Empty method alias
`EndThread`		End the current thread.
`EnterCriticalsection`		Enter a critical section
`EnumResourceLanguages`		Enumerate available languages for a resource of given type and name
`EnumResourceNames`		Enumerate available resource names for a specified resource type
`EnumResourceTypes`		Enumerate available resource types
`EOF`		Check for end of file
`EOLn`		Check for end of line
`equal(variant,variant):Boolean`		Implement `=` (equality) operation on variants.
`Erase`		Delete a file from disk
`Error`		Generate run-time error
`Exclude`		Exlude element from a set if it is present.
`Exit`		Exit current subroutine.
`exp`		Exponentiate
`Fail`		Fail a constructor
`FilePos`		Get position in file
`FileSize`		Size of file
`FillByte`		Fill memory region with 8-bit pattern
`FillChar`		Fill memory region with certain character
`FillDWord`		Fill memory region with 32-bit pattern
`FillQWord`		Fill memory range with QWord (64-bit) values
`FillWord`		Fill memory region with 16-bit pattern
`Finalize`		Finalize (clean up) memory block using RTTI
`FinalizeArray`		Finalize managed-type elements in array
`FindResource`		Locate a resource and return a handle to it.
`FindResourceEx`		Find a resource based on type, name, language
`float_raise`		Raise floating point exception
`Flush`		Write file buffers to disk
`FlushThread`		Flush all standard files
`FMADouble`		Internal function, do not use
`FMAExtended`		Internal function, do not use
`FMASingle`		Internal function, do not use
`fpc_SarInt64`		SAR (int64)
`FPower10`		Fast multiply with a power of 10
`frac`		Return fractional part of floating point value.
`Freemem`		Release allocated memory
`Freememory`		Alias for FreeMem
`FreeResource`		Free a loaded resource
`Get8087CW`
`GetCPUCount`		Return the number of cores on the system
`GetCurrentThreadId`		Return the id of the currently running thread.
`getdir`		Return the current directory
`GetFPCHeapStatus`		Return FPC heap manager status information
`GetHeapStatus`		Return the memory manager heap status.
`GetMem`		Allocate new memory on the heap
`GetMemory`		Alias for GetMem
`GetMemoryManager`		Return current memory manager
`GetMXCSR`
`GetProcessID`		Get the current process ID
`GetResourceManager`		Return the currently active resource manager
`GetSSECSR`
`GetTextCodePage`		Get the codepage used in a text file.
`GetThreadID`		Get the current Thread ID.
`GetThreadManager`		Return the current thread manager
`GetUnicodeStringManager`		Return a copy of the currently active unicodetring manager.
`GetVariantManager`		Return the current variant manager.
`GetWideStringManager`		Return a copy of the currently active widestring manager.
`get_caller_addr`		Return the address of the caller.
`get_caller_frame`		Return the frame pointer of the caller
`get_caller_stackinfo`		Return caller stack infomation
`get_cmdline`		Return the command-line as a null-terminated string
`get_frame`		Return the current frame
`Get_pc_addr`		Get Program Counter address
`greaterthan(variant,variant):Boolean`		Implement `>` (greater than) operation on variants.
`greaterthanorequal(variant,variant):Boolean`		Implement `>=` (greater than or equal) operation on variants.
`halt`		Stop program execution.
`hexStr`		Convert integer value to string with hexadecimal representation.
`hi`		Return high byte/word/nibble of value.
`High`		Return highest index of open array or enumerated
`HINSTANCE`		Windows compatibility type for use in resources
`Inc`		Increase value of integer variable
`Include`		Include element in set if it was not yet present.
`IndexByte`		Search for a byte in a memory range.
`IndexChar`		Search for a character in a memory range.
`IndexChar0`		Return index of a character in null-terminated array of char.
`IndexDWord`		Search for a DWord value in a memory range.
`IndexQWord`		Return the position of a QWord in a memory range
`Indexword`		Search for a WORD value in a memory range.
`InitCriticalSection`		Initialize a critical section
`Initialize`		Initialize memory block using RTTI
`InitializeArray`		Initialize managed-type elements in array
`InitThread`		Initialize a thread
`InitThreadVars`		Initialize threadvars
`Insert`		Insert one string in another.
`int`		Calculate integer part of floating point value.
`intdivide(variant,variant):variant`		Implement `div` (integer division) operation on variants.
`InterlockedCompareExchange`		Conditional exchange
`InterlockedCompareExchange64`
`InterLockedDecrement`		Thread-safe decrement
`InterLockedDecrement64`
`InterLockedExchange`		Exchange 2 integers in a thread-safe way
`InterLockedExchange64`
`InterLockedExchangeAdd`		Thread-safe add and exchange of 2 values
`InterLockedExchangeAdd64`
`InterLockedIncrement`		Thread-safe increment
`InterLockedIncrement64`
`IOResult`		Return result of last file IO operation
`IsDynArrayRectangular`		Check whether all dimensions have the same size
`IsMemoryManagerSet`		Is the memory manager set
`Is_IntResource`		Check whether a resource is an internal resource
`KillThread`		Kill a running thread
`LeaveCriticalsection`		Leave a critical section
`leftshift(variant,variant):variant`		Implement binary `shl` operation on variants.
`Length`		Returns length of a string or array.
`lessthan(variant,variant):Boolean`		Implement `<` (less than) operation on variants.
`lessthanorequal(variant,variant):Boolean`		Implement `<=` (less than or equal) operation on variants.
`LEtoN`		Convert Little Endian-ordered integer to Native-ordered integer
`ln`		Calculate logarithm
`lo`		Return low nibble/byte/word of value.
`LoadResource`		Load a resource for use
`LockResource`		Lock a resource
`logicaland(variant,variant):variant`		Implement logical/binary `and` operation on variants
`logicalnot(variant):variant`		Implement logical/binary `not` operation on variants
`logicalor(variant,variant):variant`		Implement logical/binary `or` operation on variants
`logicalxor(variant,variant):variant`		Implement logical/binary `xor` operation on variants
`longjmp`		Jump to address.
`Low`		Return lowest index of open array or enumerated
`lowerCase`		Return lowercase version of a string.
`MakeLangID`		Create a langauge ID
`MemSize`		Return the size of a memory block.
`mkdir`		Create a new directory.
`modulus(variant,variant):variant`		Implement `mod` (modulo) operation on variants.
`Move`		Move data from one location in memory to another
`MoveChar0`		Move data till first zero character
`multiply(variant,variant):variant`		Implement multiplication `(*)` operation on variants.
`negative(variant):variant`		Implement `-` (unary minus, negation) operation on variants.
`New`		Dynamically allocate memory for variable
`NtoBE`		Convert Native-ordered integer to a Big Endian-ordered integer
`NtoLE`		Convert Native-ordered integer to a Little Endian-ordered integer
`Null`		Null variant
`OctStr`		Convert integer to a string with octal representation.
`odd`		Is a value odd or even ?
`Ofs`		Return offset of a variable.
`Ord`		Return ordinal value of an ordinal type.
`Pack`		Create packed array from normal array
`ParamCount`		Return number of command-line parameters passed to the program.
`ParamStr`		Return value of a command-line argument.
`pi`		Return the value of PI.
`PopCnt`		Count number of set bits
`Pos`		Search for substring in a string.
`power(variant,variant):variant`		Implement power `(**)` operation on variants.
`Pred`		Return previous element for an ordinal type.
`prefetch`		Prefetch a memory location
`ptr`		Combine segment and offset to pointer
`RaiseList`		List of currently raised exceptions.
`Random`		Generate random number
`Randomize`		Initialize random number generator
`Read`		Read from a text file into variable
`ReadBarrier`		Memory Read Barrier
`ReadDependencyBarrier`		Memory Read Dependency Barrier
`ReadLn`		Read from a text file into variable and goto next line
`ReadStr`		Read variables from a string
`ReadWriteBarrier`		Memory read/write barrier
`Real2Double`		Convert Turbo Pascal style real to double.
`ReAllocMem`		Re-allocate memory on the heap
`ReAllocMemory`		Alias for ReAllocMem
`ReleaseExceptionObject`		Decrease the reference count of the current exception object.
`Rename`		Rename file on disk
`Reset`		Open file for reading
`ResumeThread`		Resume a suspended thread.
`Rewrite`		Open file for writing
`rightshift(variant,variant):variant`		Implement binary `shr` operation on variants.
`rmdir`		Remove directory when empty.
`RolByte`		Rotate bits of a byte value to the left
`RolDWord`		Rotate bits of a DWord (cardinal) value to the left
`RolQWord`		Rotate bits of a QWord (64-bit) value to the left
`RolWord`		Rotate bits of a word value to the left
`RorByte`		Rotate bits of a byte value to the right
`RorDWord`		Rotate bits of a DWord (cardinal) value to the right
`RorQWord`		Rotate bits of a QWord (64-bit) value to the right
`RorWord`		Rotate bits of a word value to the right
`round`		Round floating point value to nearest integer number.
`RTLEventCreate`		Create a new RTL event
`RTLeventdestroy`		Destroy a RTL Event
`RTLeventResetEvent`		Reset an event
`RTLeventSetEvent`		Notify threads of the event.
`RTLeventWaitFor`		Wait for an event.
`RunError`		Generate a run-time error.
`SarInt64`		64-bit Shift Arithmetic Right
`SarLongint`		32-bit Shift Arithmetic Right
`SarShortint`		8-bit Shift Arithmetic Right
`SarSmallint`		16-bit Shift Arithmetic Right
`Seek`		Set file position
`SeekEOF`		Set file position to end of file
`SeekEOLn`		Set file position to end of line
`Seg`		Return segment
`SemaphoreDestroy`		Destroy a semaphore
`SemaphoreInit`		Create a new semaphore
`SemaphorePost`		Make semaphore available
`SemaphoreWait`		Wait for semaphore to become available
`Set8087CW`
`SetCodePage`		Set the codepage of a string
`Setjmp`		Save current execution point.
`SetLength`		Set length of a string.
`SetMemoryManager`		Set a memory manager
`SetMultiByteConversionCodePage`		Set codepage for conversions from multi-byte strings to single-byte strings
`SetMultiByteFileSystemCodePage`		Set codepage used when passing strings to OS single-byte filesystem APIs
`SetMultiByteRTLFileSystemCodePage`		Set codepage used when interpreting strings from OS single-byte filesystem APIs
`SetMXCSR`
`SetResourceManager`		Set the resource manager
`SetSSECSR`
`SetString`		Set length of a string and copy buffer.
`SetTextBuf`		Set size of text file internal buffer
`SetTextCodePage`		Set the codepage used in a text file.
`SetTextLineEnding`		Set the end-of-line character for the given text file.
`SetThreadManager`		Set the thread manager, optionally return the current thread manager.
`SetUnicodeStringManager`		Set the unicodestring manager
`SetVariantManager`		Set the current variant manager.
`SetWideStringManager`		Set the widestring manager
`ShortCompareText`		Compare 2 shortstrings
`sin`		Calculate sine of angle
`SizeOf`		Return size of a variable or type.
`SizeofResource`		Return the size of a particular resource
`Slice`		Return part of an array
`Space`		Return a string of spaces
`Sptr`		Return current stack pointer
`sqr`		Calculate the square of a value.
`sqrt`		Calculate the square root of a value
`Sseg`		Return stack segment register value.
`StackTop`		Top location of the stack.
`Str`		Convert a numerical or enumeration value to a string.
`StringCodePage`		Get the code page of a string
`StringElementSize`		Get the character size of a string.
`StringOfChar`		Return a string consisting of 1 character repeated N times.
`StringRefCount`		Get the reference count of a string
`StringToPPChar`		Split string in list of null-terminated strings
`StringToUnicodeChar`		Convert an ansistring to a null-terminated array of unicode characters.
`StringToWideChar`		Convert a string to an array of widechars.
`strlen`		Length of a null-terminated string.
`strpas`		Convert a null-terminated string to a shortstring.
`subtract(variant,variant):variant`		Implement subtraction `(-)` operation on variants.
`Succ`		Return next element of ordinal type.
`SuspendThread`		Suspend a running thread.
`Swap`		Swap high and low bytes/words of a variable
`SwapEndian`		Swap endianness of the argument
`SysAllocMem`		System memory manager: Allocate memory
`SysAssert`		Standard Assert failure implementation
`SysBackTraceStr`		Format an address suitable for inclusion in a backtrace
`SysFlushStdIO`		Flush all standard IO file descriptors
`SysFreemem`		System memory manager free routine.
`SysFreememSize`		System memory manager free routine.
`SysGetFPCHeapStatus`		Return the status of the FPC heapmanager
`SysGetHeapStatus`		System implementation of GetHeapStatus
`SysGetmem`		System memory manager memory allocator.
`SysInitExceptions`		Initialize exceptions.
`SysInitFPU`		Initialize the FPU
`SysInitStdIO`		Initialize standard input and output.
`SysMemSize`		System memory manager: free size.
`SysReAllocMem`		System memory manager: Reallocate memory
`SysResetFPU`		Reset the floating point unit.
`SysSetCtrlBreakHandler`		System CTRL-C handler
`SysTryResizeMem`		System memory manager: attempt to resize memory.
`ThreadGetPriority`		Return the priority of a thread.
`ThreadSetPriority`		Set the priority of a thread.
`ThreadSwitch`		Signal possibility of thread switch
`ToSingleByteFileSystemEncodedFileName`		Convert string to encoding for use in single-byte filesystem API
`trunc`		Truncate a floating point value.
`Truncate`		Truncate the file at position
`TryEnterCriticalsection`		Try entering a critical section
`TypeInfo`		Return pointer to type information for type
`TypeOf`		Return pointer to VMT of an object
`UCS4StringToUnicodeString`		Convert a UCS-4 encoded string to a unicode string
`UCS4StringToWideString`
`Unassigned`		Unassigned variant.
`UnicodeCharLenToString`		Convert a memory buffer with unicode characters to an ansistring
`UnicodeCharLenToStrVar`		Convert a memory buffer with unicode characters to an ansistring
`UnicodeCharToString`		Convert unicode character to string
`UnicodeCharToStrVar`		Convert a null-terminated memory buffer with unicode characters to an ansistring
`UnicodeStringToUCS4String`		Convert a unicode string to a UCS-4 string.
`UnicodeToUtf8`
`UniqueString`		Make sure reference count of string is 1
`UnlockResource`		Unlock a previously locked resource
`UnPack`		Create unpacked array from packed array
`upCase`		Convert a string to all uppercase.
`Utf8CodePointLen`		Length of an UTF-8 codepoint.
`UTF8Decode`		Convert an UTF-8 encoded ansistring to a unicodestring
`UTF8Encode`		Convert a widestring or unicodestring to an UTF-8 encoded ansistring
`Utf8ToAnsi`		Convert a UTF-8 encoded unicode string to an ansistring
`Utf8ToUnicode`		Convert a buffer with UTF-8 characters to widestring characters
`Val`		Calculate numerical/enumerated value of a string.
`VarArrayGet`
`VarArrayPut`		Put a value in a single cell of a variant array
`VarArrayRedim`		Redimension a variant array
`VarCast`		Cast a variant to a certain type
`WaitForThreadTerminate`		Wait for a thread to terminate.
`WideCharLenToString`		Convert a length-limited array of widechar to an ansistring
`WideCharLenToStrVar`		Convert a length-limited array of widechar to an ansistring
`WideCharToString`		Convert a null-terminated array of widechar to an ansistring
`WideCharToStrVar`		Convert a null-terminated array of widechar to an ansistring
`WideStringToUCS4String`		Convert a widestring to a UCS-4 encoded string.
`Write`		Write variable to a text file
`WriteBarrier`		Memory write barrier
`WriteLn`		Write variable to a text file and append newline
`WriteStr`		Write variables to a string