Re: Integer to String Conversion?

[Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com>]

bwefler@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know an Ada-83 compatible method to convert an integer to a
> string, so that the string may be concatenated with another string, and the
> resulting string passed as a parameter to a function call?  (Note: I am not
> talking about using Text_IO or Integer_IO in this case;  I simply want the
> result to be a string.  Another function will take care of the string.)
> 
The usual way is with the 'Image attribute, but you may need to exercise
a little caution, given that it is defined to return either a leading
minus sign or a leading space and in either case, whatever you pass it
to has to deal with that appropriately.

See the Ada83 LRM, 3.5.5(10)

For the type "Integer" and an object "X" of type "Integer" you would
have a function like this:

Integer'Image (X)

This will return the character string.

There is also, within Text_IO.Integer_IO a procedure "Put" which can put
an integer into a string, rather than to a file. This is typically more
work than the 'Image solution.

MDC
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