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From: chris.m.moore@amsjv.com (Chris M. Moore)
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Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:10:51 GMT
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:34:03 +0200, "F" <phosphorus@libero.it> wrote:

>I would like to make a program in wich a string is given in input and the
>dimension of it is unknown (till someone insert it...)
>HOW CAN I DO?????? (without using hundreds of lines)

function Read_String_From_Keyboard return String is
  Temp_Str : Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Unbounded_String :=
    Ada.Strings.Unbounded.Null_Unbounded_String;
  Ch : Character;
begin
  while not Ada.Text_IO.End_Of_Line loop
    Ada.Text_IO.Get(Ch);
    Temp_Str := Ada.Strings.Unbounded."&"(Temp_Str, Ch);
  end loop;
  return Ada.Strings.Unbounded.To_String(Temp_Str);
end Read_String_From_Keyboard;

seems like the safest way.  I haven't tried compiling this though so
who knows!

--
Chris M. Moore
Software engineer
speaking for myself