Tarjei T. Jensen a �crit dans le message <8eonat$sqj3@ftp.kvaerner.com>... > >C has only one string type. It works reasonably well. Probably the most Sorry but to me C has no string type. It has "char *" which is a pointer to some memory space! The consequence here is that there is no operator available ! Even to compare two strings you have to write: if (strcmp (name1, name2) == 0) { ... } I do prefer: if name1 = name2 then ... end if; Pascal. --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"