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The Triple Integer Array

The FormatRecToString function uses the triple-integer array, defined by the TripleInt data type, to return the starting position and length in a string of three different portions of a formatted numeric string: the positive value string, the negative value string, and the zero value string. Each element of the triple integer array is an FVector record.

TripleInt = 
ARRAY[0..2] OF FVector;    {indexed by fPositive..fZero}

FVector = 
RECORD
   start: Integer;
   length: Integer;
END;

Field Description

start

The starting byte position in the string of the specification information.

length

The number of bytes used in the string for the specification information.

Each of the three FVector entries in the triple integer array is accessed by one of the values of the FormatClass type.

FormatClass = (fPositive,fNegative,fZero);