* Re: Conversion of numbers to strings & vice-versa
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@ 2001-01-16 10:17 ` John English
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From: John English @ 2001-01-16 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Are there any functions in the Ada library that convert integers
> to strings and vice versa -- something like the C atoi (), atof ()
> etc.
There are attributes for this stuff: X'Image(Y) converts Y (of type X)
to a string, and X'Value(Y) converts Y (a string) to type X.
Some examples:
Integer'Image(123) = " 123"
Float'Value("123_456.789") = 1.23456789E+5
Boolean'Value("true") = True
Boolean'Image(False) = "FALSE"
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