TStringListDemo

A string list is particularly useful for sorting items and the loading and saving methods require only a line of code each. We demonstrate these features in program TStringListDemo.

program TStringListDemo;
  {$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
  SysUtils, Classes;
const
  rainbow : array[1..7] of string =('red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green',
                                    'blue', 'indigo', 'violet');
var
  StringList : TStringList;
  i, FoundIndex : integer;
  Found : Boolean;
  Colour : string;
begin
  StringList := TStringList.Create;
  // Add just one string
  StringList.Add('red');
  // Add strings from an array
  for i := 2 to 7 do
    StringList.Add(rainbow[i]);
  // Save the strings to text file
  StringList.SaveToFile('Rainbow.txt');
  // Sort in alphabetical order
  StringList.Sort;
  // Output the sorted colours
  writeln('Colours in alphabetical order:');
  for i := 0 to 6 do
    write(StringList[i],' ');
  writeln;
  // Insert string in given position
  StringList.insert(2, 'grey');
  writeln('Colours in alphabetical order after grey inserted at index 2:');
  for i := 0 to 7 do
    write(StringList[i],' ');
  // Search
  write(#13#10#13#10'Please enter colour to search for. ');
  readln(Colour);
  StringList.Sorted := true;
  Found := StringList.Find(Colour, FoundIndex);
  if Found then
    writeln('Found at (zero-based) index ', FoundIndex)
  else
    writeln('Not found');
  writeln;
  // Retrieve the original colours in rainbow order
  StringList.LoadFromFile('Rainbow.txt');
  // Output the colours in rainbow order
  writeln(#13#10'Colours in rainbow order:');
  for i := 0 to 6 do
    write(StringList[i],' ');
  writeln;
  readln;
end.