Re: User defined TYPE error

["James S. Rogers" <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

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"J.Matthews" <boss@thenuthouse.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Could someone possibly help. I get an error when I try to GET an amount.
> I can make the program work without the user defined TYPE but I wanted
> to restrict the input to valid monetary amounts i.e ���.pp format
>
> Any help appreciated
>
>
>    with ada.text_io,ada.integer_text_io,ada.float_text_io;
>    use ada.text_io,ada.integer_text_io,ada.float_text_io;
>
>    procedure Money is
>
>       Denomination : array (1..12) of integer :=
> (50,20,10,5,2,1,50,20,10,5,2,1);
>       type my_fixed is delta 0.01 range 0.00..1000.00;
>       Values : array (1..12) of my_fixed :=
>
> (50.00,20.00,10.00,5.00,2.00,1.00,0.50,0.20,0.10,0.05,0.02,0.01);
>       Amount : my_fixed;
>       Count : array (1..12) of integer := (1..12 => 0);
>       Current_Value : integer := 0;
>
>    begin
>          put("Enter Amount ");
>          get(Amount);

Why are you using floating point I/O when you really need
to instantiate Ada.Text_IO.Decimal_IO for your fixed point type?
Your error is that you are trying to input a fixed point type using
a floating point I/O package.

>          Amount := Amount+0.001;            --ADA float number fix
>          Current_value := 1;
>          while Amount >= 0.01 loop
>             while Amount > values(Current_Value) loop
>                Amount := Amount - values(Current_Value);
>                Count(Current_Value) := Count(Current_Value)+1;
>             end loop;
>             Current_Value:=Current_Value+1;
>          End Loop;
>          new_line;
>
>          for x in 1..4 loop
>             if Count(x) >= 1 then
>                put(Count(x));
>                put(" X ");
>                put(character'val (156));
>                put(denomination(x),width=>1);
>                if count(x) >=2 then
>                   put_line(" NOTES");
>                else
>                   put_line(" NOTE");
>                end if;
>             end if;
>          end loop;
>
>          for x in 5..6 loop
>             if Count(x) >= 1 then
>                put(Count(x));
>                put(" X ");
>                put(character'val (156));
>                put(denomination(x),width=>1);
>                if count(x) >=2 then
>                   put_line(" COINS");
>                else
>                   put_line(" COIN");
>                end if;
>             end if;
>          end loop;
>
>          for x in 7..12 loop
>             if Count(x) >= 1 then
>                put(Count(x));
>                put(" X ");
>                put(denomination(x),width=>1);
>                if count(x) >=2 then
>                   put_line("p COINS");
>                else
>                   put_line("p COIN");
>                end if;
>             end if;
>          end loop;
>
>    end money;

Jim Rogers