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Docs: LCL/maskedit. Updates FormatMaskText topic to clarify content.

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<p>
<var>FormatMaskText</var> is a <var>String</var> function used to apply an
edit mask to the specified String value. FormatMaskText creates a temporary
instance of <var>TCustomMaskEdit</var> that is used to apply the edit mask in
<var>AEditMask</var> when required. The value in AEditMask is assigned to the
<var>EditMask</var> property in TCustomMaskEdit.
instance of TCustomMaskEdit that is used to apply the edit mask in
<var>AEditMask</var> when required. The value in AEditMask is assigned to the
EditMask property in TCustomMaskEdit.
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<p>
The <var>Value</var> argument contains the data without any mask literals,
escaped characters, or space characters inserted by the editing mask. When
the <var>IsMasked</var> method in the TCustomMaskEdit returns <b>True</b>,
the <var>ApplyMaskToText</var> method is used to generate the return value
for the routine. To maintain Delphi compatibility, the
GetTextWithoutSpaceChar is also called to translate space characters
represented using the character in the mask field to the Space character
(decimal 32).
the IsMasked method in the TCustomMaskEdit returns <b>True</b>, the
ApplyMaskToText method is used to generate the return value for the routine. To
maintain Delphi compatibility, the GetTextWithoutSpaceChar is also called to
translate space characters represented using the character in the mask field to
the Space character (decimal 32).
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<p>
The <var>EnableSets</var> argument indicates whether set notation, indicated
with '[' and ']' characters, are recognized in the edit mask. The value is
The <var>EnableSets</var> argument indicates whether set notation, represented
using '[' and ']' characters, are recognized in the edit mask. The value is
assigned to the EnableSets property in TMaskEdit/TCustomMaskEdit. When set to
<b>False</b>, the '[' and ']' characters used in set notation are treated as
literal characters. When set to <b>True</b>, the optional or required set