var Str1:String; // default WideString Str2:WideString; Str3:UnicodeString; Str4:AnsiString; Str5: PChar; //PWideChar is the same Str6: PAnsiChar; // Strings can be initialized, if it's global variable in declaration scope Str4: string = 'orange'; begin Str1 := 'apple'; // WideString and AnsiString can be converted implicitly, but in some times can lost information about char Str4 := Str1; // PChar is a poiter to string (WideString), must be converted using type cast Str5 := Pchar(Str1); // PChar not must type cast to convert back string Str2 := Str5; //In any string, index start in 1 and end on length of string Writeln(Str1[1]); // 'a' Writeln(Str1[5]); // 'e' Writeln(Str1[length(str1)]); // the same above end;