Re: Print

[Dale Stanbrough <dale@rmit.edu.au>]

Subject: Print
From: Scott Malcolm Smedley, s9406160@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au
Date: 16 Mar 1995 04:49:50 GMT
In article <3k8g1e$8ri@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> Scott Malcolm Smedley,
s9406160@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au writes:
>How can I "print" an array of integers/characters/strings etc
>in ADA?? I mean "print" as in Printer.
>
>For example, let's say I had an array(1..10) of integers.
>How could I print each integer one underneath the other on
>a printer?
>
>I'm not 2 sure whether it matters or not, but I am using ADA on
>a DOS machine, not UNIX.
>
>Thanks 4 any help U can give...
>
>Scott
>
>s9406160@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au


The Meridian Ada compiler manual has the following information...

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Special file names
Note that there are special file names that refer to
non-disk devices

CON\x7f - the console
AUX - serial port1
...
LPT1 - parallel port 1
PRN - same as LPT1
...

To open one of the special file names for output, use
create with mode out_file as in the following example.

with text_io;	use text_io;
procedure printer_demo is
	f:file_type;
	printer:constant string := "PRN";
begin
	create(file => f, name => printer);
	put_line(f, "this is a test");
	new_page(f);
	close(f);
end printer_demo;
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