Re: Text Files

["Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>]

Cameron McShane wrote:
> When I try and get user input for the name of the string, ie
> 
>     Text_io.get_line(Filename, Last);
>     Text_Io.Create(
>          File => In_Data,
>          Mode => Text_Io.Out_File,
>          Name => Filename(1..Last));
> 
> it doesn't work
> 
This looks like it ought to work presuming you have declared everything
properly. What compiler/version/OS are you using?

What you should try is echoing out the Filename string so you can see if
you are, in fact, reading everything you think you are reading. For
example, if the string variable is too short, you may not be getting the
full name. There is a chance that you may be getting extraneous
characters - perhaps left over from some previous input line that you
did not fully read. In any case, make sure that you are reading what you
*think* you are reading and that may help you solve the problem. If not,
strip down the program to *just* the declarations and code needed to
read the string & create the file. If this small sample doesn't work,
then post the code.

MDC
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