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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: output something on the right side
Date: 2000/10/21
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In article <u3dhsu26i.fsf@wanadoo.fr>,
  Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
>    Put ("                                                   "
& s);
>
> :)
>
> Pascal.

Pascal had a smiley there, but in fact his answer is reasonable
if you rewrite it slightly as

   Put (((80-s'Length)*' ') & s);

Not enough people are familiar with the useful routines
in the Ada.Strings.xxx packages :-)


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