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ParamCount

Synopsis

     function ParamCount: Integer;

Description

ParamCount returns the number of command-line arguments given to the program. ParamCount returns 0 if no arguments have been given to the program; the name of the program as an implicit argument is not counted.

Conforming to

ParamCount is a Borland Pascal extension.

Example

     program ParamCountDemo;
     
     var
       i: Integer;
     
     begin
       WriteLn ('You have invoked this program with ',
                ParamCount, ' arguments.');
       WriteLn ('These are:');
       for i := 1 to ParamCount do
         WriteLn (ParamStr (i))
     end.

See also

ParamStr.