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Subject: Re: casting types
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On Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:06:58 UTC-4, Jeffrey Carter  wrote:
> On 09/30/2014 06:49 PM, Stribor40 wrote:
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> > How would I cast var1 to become 123 but still be able to subtract it from var1 and keep float type?
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> You can't, since there is no casting in Ada. However, you might find the
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> 'Truncation attribute function useful.
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> http://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/12rm/html/RM-A-5-3.html
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> Jeff Carter
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> "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
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> Monty Python's Flying Circus
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> 22

Would you mind showing an example please...