'' examples/manual/datatype/string-buffer.bas
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'' See Also: http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgString
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'' Variable-length strings as buffers

'' Reserving space for a string,
'' using Space() to produce lots of space characters (ASCII 32)
Var mybigstring = Space(1024)
Print "buffer address: &h" & Hex( StrPtr( mybigstring ), 8 ) & ", length: " & Len( mybigstring )

'' Explicitly destroying a string
mybigstring = ""
Print "buffer address: &h" & Hex( StrPtr( mybigstring ), 8 ) & ", length: " & Len( mybigstring )
