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# IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter

Prepend a path delimiter if there is not already one.

## Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 35

`function IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter(`
`const Path: string`
`):string;`

## Description

IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter will insert a path delimiter (#rtl.system.DirectorySeparator) in the first position of Path, if there is not already a directory separator at that position. It will return the resulting string. If the path is empty, a DirectorySeparator character is returned.

## See also

IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter |  | Add trailing directory separator to a pathname, if needed.
ExcludeLeadingPathDelimiter |  | Strip the leading path delimiter of a path
ExcludeTrailingPathDelimiter |  | Strip trailing directory separator from a pathname, if needed.
ConcatPaths |  | Concatenate an array of paths to form a single path

## Example

    Program Example94;

    { This program demonstrates the IncludeLeadingPathDelimiter function }

    Uses sysutils;

    Begin
    End.

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014