Re: Interger_io get and Text_io.Get_line

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>]

CheGueVerra wrote:
> Okay, after playing with it some more, I found that if I do this
> 
>  Put_line("Enter a number");
>  Entiers.get(Number, 2);
>  Skip_line;
>  Put_line("Enter a string");
>  Get_Line(TstStr, Last);
>  Put_line(TstStr(TstStr'First..Last));
> 
> 
> then the program runs as I expect it to do, the thing is I don't understand
> why I need a Skip_line for it to work, So if anyone can shed some light on
> that I would appriciate it

The Get for Number reads a number, the Skip_Line reads the End_of_Line 
following it.  I won't go into all the gory details of how to set reads 
from the console to character at a time from line at a time, etc.

Notice that without the fix, entering the number followed on the same 
line by the string would work.


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