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: 103376,51e0e3232c45c76c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-11 09:33:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!elk.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: converting - adasockets References: <20010611.085009.1789366143.627@zamek.gda.pl> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <3p6V6.82274$%i7.62039278@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:33:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 992277183 24.7.82.199 (Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:33:03 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:33:03 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8556 Date: 2001-06-11T16:33:03+00:00 List-Id: >this date from String to fg Integer. How could i do that. I assume both your communicating systems use the same representation for an integer. If so, why send data as a string, why not send it as an integer (or record containing whatever)?