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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,49f7dd1bad1910ff X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-14 08:16:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8336eb21.0310131423.7410e1ec@posting.google.com> <8336eb21.0310140432.5508fee0@posting.google.com> <3F8C1037.6030005@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Problems with Ada.Text_IO and strings. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <7rUib.19064$0I6.3788@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:16:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.80.175 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1066144579 141.149.80.175 (Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:16:19 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:16:19 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:819 Date: 2003-10-14T15:16:19+00:00 List-Id: Hi Bleakcabal, Have a look atmy website (http://www.adaworld.com) I have a learning center that has tutorials AND freely available books in the PDF file format that might be of interest to you. -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com "Robert I. Eachus" wrote in message news:3F8C1037.6030005@comcast.net... > Bleakcabal wrote: > > > So I am basicly learning Ada of the net right now, I think I will buy > > a book since I have problems with reading strings and all :) I think > > the class book will never be ready for the end of the semester :) > > There are several good Ada books available on the web, including the Ada > Reference Manual. I'll let others recommend on-line and published > textbooks, but the ARM can be found here: > http://www.ada-auth.org/~acats/arm.html It is a standard, not the best > format for learning the language, but since it includes things like the > standard libraries it allows you to do a quick lookup if you know that > something is there, but can't remember the calling sequence. In this > particular case, Ada.Strings.Unbounded can help you with your problem. > (If you use the GNAT compiler, it even has an Ada.Text_IO extention to > read and write Unbounded_String variables. See the GNAT documentation > for that.) > > -- > Robert I. Eachus > > "Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the > goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, > down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or > down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair > of an old motorcycle." -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle > Maintenance by Robert Pirsig >