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From: bill <bill@newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: i need help w/problem
Date: 1999/02/22
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Date: 1999-02-22T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <Iz6A2.2502$LN5.3278079@news2.mia>, "Allan says...
>

>you convert the float number to string and then slice in
>
>        num1 : float :=999.88;
>        number : string(1.. 6);
>        counter : natural :=1;
>        --body
>         number := string(num1);

As Corey said, you cant do this! (this is not C :)

>         while ( number(counter) \= '.' and counter \= number'last) loop
>                counter := counter +1;
>        end loop

To find a pattern within a string, you might want to use some of the
search subprograms for type string such as Index(..), which will find for
you the index that some pattern is located within a string.
Index(..) is part of the standard Ada library.

Bill.