From: mtquinn@hom.net (Michael Quinn)
Subject: Re: How to do Generic function?
Date: 1996/04/19
Date: 1996-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4l8cpf$926@homenet.hom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4l4h1p$g6v@hatathli.csulb.edu
rgelb@csulb.edu (Robert Gelb) wrote:
>I am trying to create a generic sort function that will accept as input an
>array of integers or strings or floats and output that array sorted. Is
>there a way to do it in ADA?
>Thanks in advance,
>Robert
Yes, You can create a generic with 2 supplied paramters:
1) a generic fomal type to define your array element type
2) a genric formal function to test for "less than"
Using these two generic parameters you can create a package that will
define your array data types, and your sort function. Using this
method you may use any data type, as long as you can define an order
that you can test.
Michael T. Quinn
mtquinn@hom.net
or
MikeTQuinn@AOL.COM
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1996-04-18 0:00 How to do Generic function? Robert Gelb
1996-04-18 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1996-04-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Gelb
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Michael Quinn [this message]
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