From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5221eea63340249 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-18 17:21:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DD99222.5010904@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: how to check if a string variable contains a number or string? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 01:21:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.0.62 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1037668903 63.184.0.62 (Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:21:43 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:21:43 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31078 Date: 2002-11-19T01:21:43+00:00 List-Id: sk wrote: > > ... yes, time consuming, boring and not "sexy" but better, > IMO, than using exception routines for predictable error > circumstances. Reinventing the wheel is never better than reusing existing subprograms. -- Jeff Carter "Brave Sir Robin ran away." Monty Python and the Holy Grail