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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Easy question about Character manipulation
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On 29 Jan 2007 12:01:00 -0800, mark wrote:

> I am quite newbie to ada. I have declared something like that:
> size: Integer := 9;
> emptySpaces : array (0..size) of Character := "0123456789";
> textLine : array (0..size * 3) of Character;

(must be (size+1)*3-1. Indexing from 0 is an evil thing, trust me! (:-))

> Now I would like to have the possibility to initialize textLine 
> variable, but when I write:
> textLine := "9876543210" & emptySpaces & "9876543210";
> 
> I got an error 'expected type of textLine' ,'found type od 
> emptySpacs...'. I know it is connected with very deep contstaint 
> checks

Yes, emptySpaces and textLine have different types.

> but have no idea how I could avoid that.

Why didn't you use:

   Empty_Spaces : String := "0123456789";
   Text_Line : String := "9876543210" & Empty_Spaces & "9876543210";

> Could you tell me how can I make it work?!?

Probably yes, if you tell us a bit more about the problem you are trying to
solve.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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