Re: Text Files

["Cameron McShane" <cazza@aceonline.com.au>]

Hey all

Thanks everyone for your comments and help

It seems that I needed a skip_line before the get_line.

    ie
    Text_io.skip_line;
    Text_io.get_line(Filename, Last);
    Text_Io.Create(
         File => In_Data,
         Mode => Text_Io.Out_File,
         Name => Filename(1..Last));

I was sure I had tried this already, but obviously I was mistaken.

Thanks again

Cameron


Marin D. Condic <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> wrote in message
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> Cameron McShane wrote:
> > When I try and get user input for the name of the string, ie
> >
> >     Text_io.get_line(Filename, Last);
> >     Text_Io.Create(
> >          File => In_Data,
> >          Mode => Text_Io.Out_File,
> >          Name => Filename(1..Last));
> >
> > it doesn't work
> >
> This looks like it ought to work presuming you have declared everything
> properly. What compiler/version/OS are you using?
>
> What you should try is echoing out the Filename string so you can see if
> you are, in fact, reading everything you think you are reading. For
> example, if the string variable is too short, you may not be getting the
> full name. There is a chance that you may be getting extraneous
> characters - perhaps left over from some previous input line that you
> did not fully read. In any case, make sure that you are reading what you
> *think* you are reading and that may help you solve the problem. If not,
> strip down the program to *just* the declarations and code needed to
> read the string & create the file. If this small sample doesn't work,
> then post the code.
>
> MDC
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