Convert a Wide_String (or a Wide_Character) to an Integer.

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Why does it have to be so damn complicated?

I have the following function:

function Get_Lexical_Category (Input : in Wide_String)
    return Lexical_Category_Id is
    -- Retrieves the number representing the lexical category
    -- of the word.

    Number_Index : Integer
                 := Lexical_Category_Position;
    Lexical_Category : Wide_Character
                     := Input(Input'First - 1 + Number_Index);
begin
    -- NEED TO RETURN AN INTEGER CREATED FROM A SINGLE CHARACTER IN A WIDE 
    -- STRING HERE
end Get_Lexical_Category;

How does one convert a Wide_String into a normal String? Or, in my case, a Wide_Character to a Character.

Or is there any version of "Integer'Value" that takes Wide_Strings?


Thanks a lot for any help, this is really frustrating.