getStringCopy

Short summary

this methods copy a string and returns the start address of new string

:return: start address of the string copy

• Return type: POINTER TO BYTE

Parameters

Name	Type	Comment	Kind
stringAddress	POINTER TO BYTE	string to copy	input
stringLength	UDINT	length of the string	input

Code

Declaration

METHOD PROTECTED getStringCopy :POINTER TO BYTE
VAR_INPUT
	(* string to copy *)
	stringAddress		:POINTER TO BYTE;
	(* length of the string *)
	stringLength		:UDINT;
END_VAR

Implementation

getStringCopy := __NEW(BYTE, stringLength);
IF (getStringCopy <> 0) THEN
	Tc2_System.MEMCPY(
		destAddr := getStringCopy,
		srcAddr := stringAddress,
		n := stringLength
	);
END_IF