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TTMSFNCUtils.GetBestDelimiter Method

Chooses the most likely delimiter for delimited text.

API unit family: TMSFNCUtils Declaring type: TTMSFNCUtils

Syntax

class function GetBestDelimiter(ALine1, Aline2: string; ACheckDecimalSeperator: Boolean = True): Char;

Parameters

Name Description
ALine1 First sample line.
Aline2 Optional second sample line used to prefer delimiters with consistent field counts.
ACheckDecimalSeperator When True, avoids selecting the current decimal separator as the delimiter.

Returns

Detected delimiter character, or comma as a fallback.