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StringAssign Routine
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StringAssign(sourceaddress&, sourcelength%, destaddress&, destlength%);
 
    ■ The preceding syntax is for the C language. For more information,
      see Details.
 
    ■ sourceaddress& - Far address of the start of string data (if the
                       source is a fixed-length string) or
                     - Far address of the string descriptor (if the source is
                       a variable-length string).
    ■ sourcelength%  - String length (if the source is a fixed-length
                       string) or
                     - 0 (if the source is a variable-length string).
    ■ destaddress&   - Far address of the start of string data (if the
                       destination is a fixed-length string) or
                     - Far address of the string descriptor (if the
                       destination is a variable-length string).
    ■ destlength%    - String length (if the destination is a fixed-length
                       string) or
                     - 0 (if the destination is a variable-length string).
 
See Also    StringRelease    StringAddress    StringLength