Re: Input a string (again)

[tmoran@acm.org]

> After I'm now able to input a string (30 chars),
> ...
>         Get_Line(sString, iString_Length);
> ...
>         return sString;
  "Get_Line" really ought to be renamed "Read_Into_Buffer" or something.
Don't think of sString as your input string, think of it as a buffer
that will hold up to 30 characters of input.  The actual string typed
in by the user is in the first iString_Length positions in the buffer,
so sString(1 .. iString_Length) is the typed input.
  BTW, in Ada strings don't necessarily have to start with an index
of 1.  For instance, a procedure might be called with a string parameter
which is position 5 .. 10 of some larger string.  So it's safer to be
in the habit of not assuming a start index of 1.  Thus you should have:
          Get_Line(sString, iString_Last);
and
          return sString(sString'first .. iString_Last);