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Description
Copy a memory area from one starting address to a destination address.
Syntax
s = Memory_Copy(SourceAddress, DestinationAddress, Size)
Returns
String: a copy of the memory area involved into copy operation
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Optional |
Meaning |
SourceAddress |
Numeric |
No |
A valid 32-bit memory address specifying the location in memory where data retrieval should begin |
DestinationAddress |
Numeric |
No |
A valid 32-bit memory address specifying the location in memory where data destination will take place |
Size |
Numeric |
Yes |
A numeric expression that specifies the number of consecutive bytes to be read from string buffer. If omitted, the full string buffer will be considered |
Remarks
| Attention: | it is programmer responsibility to be sure that at source and destination addresses there are at least Size bytes already allocated otherwise application will crash with a GPF (General Protection Failure) runtime error will be fired by the operating system |
Restrictions
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Examples