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From: Andrew Hately <hat@cfmu.eurocontrol.be>
Subject: Re: Escape Sequences in Strings
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:18:02 GMT
Date: 2001-01-12T13:18:02+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A5F0407.AA6D7526@cfmu.eurocontrol.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3A17B0E2@MailAndNews.com

Jean Cohen wrote:
> 
> I'm quite new to Ada and consider a transition from C++

Welcome. Its very hard to go back.
 
> As you all certainly know it is quite easy and 
> straightforward in C++ to set cursor positions,
> the format (tabulators, newlines etc.) of a string etc. by using escape
> sequences.

IMHO Ada is easier and more straight forward.
See section A.10 of the Ada Reference manual. "Text Input-Output"
especially A.10.5 "Operations on Columns, Lines and Pages"

Andrew Hately
shameless plug: http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2001.html



  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-01-12 13:18 UTC|newest]

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2000-11-15  0:00 Escape Sequences in Strings Jean Cohen
2000-11-15  0:00 ` John English
2000-11-15  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-15  0:00     ` Ehud Lamm
2000-11-16  0:00       ` John English
2000-11-16  0:00         ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-11-16  0:00           ` Ken Garlington
2000-11-16  0:00             ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16  0:00             ` Keith Thompson
2000-11-16  0:00         ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-15  0:00 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16  0:00   ` Ada Streams usage (was Escape Sequences in Strings) Marc A. Criley
2000-11-16  0:00     ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16  0:00       ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-16  0:00         ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-16  0:00           ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-16  0:00             ` Marin David Condic
     [not found]     ` <igh81t8b3hdrsc167do6qr0h1joa73c1jr@borpin.co.uk>
2000-11-18  0:00       ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-18  0:00         ` David Kristola
2000-11-19  0:00           ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19  0:00             ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-20  0:00               ` Brian Orpin
2000-11-20  0:00                 ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19  0:00         ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-19  0:00           ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-19  0:00             ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-19  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-19  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-20  0:00               ` Marin David Condic
2000-11-21  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-20  0:00               ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-21  0:00                 ` Ted Dennison
2000-11-21  0:00                   ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-21  1:31                 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-21  1:33                 ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-21  0:00                   ` Randy Brukardt
2000-11-22  5:00                     ` Robert Dewar
2000-11-15  0:00 ` Escape Sequences in Strings Preben Randhol
2001-01-12 13:18 ` Andrew Hately [this message]
2001-01-12 20:03   ` Keith Thompson
2001-01-18  8:29     ` Lao Xiao Hai
2001-01-18 15:22       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 22:43         ` Randy Brukardt
2001-01-21 11:54         ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-01-21 22:35           ` directly accessing DOS screen memory (was: Re: Escape Sequences in Strings) Jeffrey Carter
2001-01-12 19:37 ` Escape Sequences in Strings tmoran
2001-01-13  1:38   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13  6:48     ` tmoran
2001-01-13 18:36       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16  3:30         ` Examples in Docs, was " peter_richtmyer
2001-01-16  5:42           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 20:44             ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-16 22:43               ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-01-17 15:06                 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-17  2:25               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 15:28                 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-17 16:20                 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-17 18:04                   ` Wayne Lydecker
2001-01-17 19:23                     ` BSCrawford
2001-01-18  0:15                       ` Jerry Petrey
2001-01-19  0:01                     ` tmoran
2001-01-18  3:44                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 16:45                     ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-18 19:53                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-18 22:58                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-19 16:40                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-19  7:49                         ` Learning methods Anders Wirzenius
2001-01-19 18:57                         ` Examples in Docs, was Re: Escape Sequences in Strings mark_lundquist
2001-01-21 12:05                         ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-01-21 15:35                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 22:10                 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2001-01-18  3:52                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-16 16:06           ` Examples in Docs Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-01-16 21:29             ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-18  0:50               ` Randy Brukardt
2001-01-18 16:46                 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-18 17:24               ` J. David Bryan
2001-01-17  2:43             ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-17 21:17               ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2001-01-16 20:01           ` Examples in Docs, was Re: Escape Sequences in Strings mark_lundquist
2001-01-17 10:59             ` Peter Richtmyer
2001-01-19 18:55               ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-20 14:24                 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-20 14:36                   ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-20 15:00                     ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-21 11:24                       ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 14:47                         ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-22 20:08                           ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 20:14                             ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-20 19:02                   ` Stephen Leake
2001-01-20 19:50                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-21 11:35                     ` Preben Randhol
2001-01-22 23:58                   ` Mark Lundquist
2001-01-27  1:43                   ` Increasing the readability of Ada was RE: Examples in Docs Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
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2000-11-16  0:00 Escape Sequences in Strings Jean Cohen
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