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From: Pascal MALAISE <malaise@magic.fr>
Subject: Re: incrementing characters
Date: 1998/07/10
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Jamie wrote:
 
> character := character + offset
function UPPER_CHAR (CHAR : CHARACTER) return CHARACTER is
  OFFSET  : constant INTEGER   := CHARACTER'POS('A') -
CHARACTER'POS('a');
begin

  if CHAR in 'a' .. 'z' then
-- This is what you are looking for?
    return CHARACTER'VAL( CHARACTER'POS(CHAR) + OFFSET );
  else
    return CHAR;
  end if;
end UPPER_CHAR;


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