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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:31:00 +0100
From: Des Walker <des.walker@amsjv.com>
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Subject: Re: Variable length string
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Des Walker wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think the Text_Io Get procedure attempts to get as many characters as
> the length of the supplied string and this can include multiple line
> feed characters.
> 

No, I was wrong here. Rereading the ARM suggests the Get procedure for a
string
"Determines the length of the given string and attempts that number of
Get operations for successive characters of the string (in particular,
no operation is performed if the string is null)."

and the Get procedure for a Character
"After skipping any line terminators and any page terminators, reads the
next character from the specified input file and returns the value of
this character in the out parameter Item."

	Regards
	Des Walker