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From: jrcarter001@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Strings and reading from a file
Date: 1999/05/13
Date: 1999-05-13T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7hevh1$g08$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37399913.BD928DD1@pwfl.com

In article <37399913.BD928DD1@pwfl.com>,
  diespammer@pwfl.com wrote:

...

> function Next_Line return String is
>     Str  : String (1..256) ;
>     Len  : Natural ;
> begin
>     Get_Line (
>         Item  => Str,
>         Last  => Len) ;
>     return Str (1..Len) ;
> end Next_Line ;

...

Make the function recursive, and it can return a string of any length,
eliminating that nagging worry about strings that are longer than
whatever magic number you used in the function.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-05-13  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-05-12  0:00 Strings and reading from a file Cameron Hodge
1999-05-11  0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-12  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-12  0:00   ` dennison
1999-05-12  0:00   ` Cameron Hodge
1999-05-12  0:00     ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-05-12  0:00     ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-12  0:00       ` Tom Moran
1999-05-12  0:00         ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-13  0:00       ` jrcarter001 [this message]
1999-05-13  0:00         ` dennison
1999-05-13  0:00           ` Martin C. Carlisle
1999-05-13  0:00             ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-13  0:00               ` Keith Thompson
1999-05-14  0:00                 ` Pascal Obry
1999-05-13  0:00               ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-13  0:00             ` David Botton
1999-05-13  0:00               ` David Botton
1999-05-14  0:00               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-05-14  0:00                 ` Keith Thompson
1999-05-14  0:00                   ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-05-14  0:00                     ` Keith Thompson
1999-05-15  0:00                       ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-05-16  0:00                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-05-15  0:00             ` jrcarter001
1999-06-05  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-12  0:00 ` Gautier
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