Re: how to read a file into a array???

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

devine wrote:
> 
> I'm having some problems reading a file into a array.  Say the file
> has the line
> This is a test, how can i read each word of the file into a array? an
> example would be helpful.
> thanks.

An array object in Ada is always a fixed size, so you have to have some
means of deciding how big to make your array. Since words in a text file
are different sizes, you're going to have to have array components that
can handle different size components.

Then there's the definition of a "word" in a text file. Many definitions
are possible. For example, is punctuation part of a word? One definition
of "word" is used by PragmARC.Word_Input (available from

http://home.earthlink.net/~jrcarter010/pragmarc.htm

and the mirror at www.adapower.com).

Until you have dealt with these, it's difficult to be more helpful.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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