I have a status which is stored as a string of a set length, either in a file or a database.
I'm looking to enumerate the possible status'
I have the following type to define the possible status'
Type TStatus = (fsNormal = Ord('N'),fsEditedOnScreen = Ord('O'),
fsMissing = Ord('M'),fsEstimated = Ord('E'),fsSuspect = Ord('s'),
fsSuspectFromOnScreen = Ord('o'),fsSuspectMissing = Ord('m'),
fsSuspectEstimated = Ord('e'));
Firstly is this really a good idea? or should I have a seperate const array storing the char conversions? That would mean more than one place to update.
Now convert a string to a status array I have the following, but how can I check if a char is valid without looping through the enumeration?
Function StrToStatus(Value : String):TStatusArray;
var
i: Integer;
begin
if Trim(Value) = '' then
begin
SetLength(Result,0);
Exit;
end;
SetLength(Result,Length(Value));
for i := 1 to Length(Value) do
begin
Result[i] := TStatus(Value[i]); // I don't think this line is safe.
end;
end;
AFAIK this should be fine for converting back again.
Function StatusToStr(Value : TStatusArray):String;
var
i: Integer;
begin
for i := 0 to Length(Value) - 1 do
Result := Result + Chr(Ord(Value[i]))
end;
I'm using Delphi 2007
