Re: Converting Type Characters to type string

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

jedivaughn a �crit :
>  I am looking for a way to convert a group of characters to a string.
> For the program I am writing I am having the user input a group of
> characters and comparing them. But I also need the characters in the
> form of a string later on so I can use
> 
> int := Integer'Value(str);

Looks like bad C habit to me :)

In Ada a String is defined as:

    type String is array (Positive range <>) of Character;

So in your case you have something like this:

    C : Character;

    Get (C);

To get characters from user. Now to store them. Let's say you are going 
to check 10 characters max:

    Str   : String (1 .. 10);
    Index : Natural := 0;

To store each character:

    Get (C);

    Index := Index + 1;
    Str (Index) := C;

At the end, Str (1 .. Index) contains all the characters entered by the 
user as a string. Looks like this is what you are looking for, right?

Pascal.

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