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   Shaun Buzza to Black Panther   
   Re: MPL Strings   
   25 Mar 22 22:55:32   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
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    BP> Just a quick question for you. I know that strings in MPL are 255   
    BP> characters, but is there a way to have a string that is longer?   
    BP>    
    BP> The reason I'm asking, is I wrote a function that will take a text   
    BP> string, and wrap the text to the users terminal size. The problem I'm   
    BP> running into, is with the larger screen sizes, 255 characters isn't much   
    BP> longer than the screen.   
    BP>    
    BP> Would it be possible to have something like an ansistring in MPL, or   
    BP> would that cause issues with the memory limits of MPL?   
      
   Isn't 255 the limit for string size in all versions of Pascal? Yeah, I know   
   MPL isn't exactly Passcal, but I would assume that it is constrained by the   
   limits of Pascal itself...   
      
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