Wednesday, January 8, 2020
How to Declare and Initialize Constant Arrays in Delphi
In Delphi, the versatile web-programming language, arrays allow a developer to refer to a series of variables by the same name and to use a numberâ€â€an indexâ€â€to tell them apart. In most scenarios, you declare an array as a variable, which allows for array elements to be changed at run-time. However, sometimes you need to declare a constant arrayâ€â€a read-only array. You cannot change the value of a constant or a read-only variable. Therefore, while declaring a constant array, you must also initialize it. Example Declaration of Three Constant Arrays This code example declares and initializes three constant arrays, named Days, CursorMode, and Items. Days is a string array of six elements. Days[1] returns the Mon string.CursorMode is an array of two elements, whereby declaration CursorMode[false] crHourGlass and CursorMode crSQLWait. cr* constants can be used to change the current screen cursor.Items defines an array of three TShopItem records. type   TShopItem record     Name : string;     Price : currency;   end; const   Days : array[0..6] of string   (      Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed,      Thu, Fri, Sat   ) ;   CursorMode : array[boolean] of TCursor   (     crHourGlass, crSQLWait   ) ;   Items : array[1..3] of TShopItem   (     (Name : Clock; Price : 20.99),     (Name : Pencil; Price : 15.75),     (Name : Board; Price : 42.96)   ) ; Trying to assign a value for an item in a constant array raises the Left side cannot be assigned to compile time error. For example, the following code does not successfully execute: Items[1].Name : Watch; //will not compile
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