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From: "Petter Fryklund" <qsbpefr@esavionics.se>
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Subject: Re: Variable length string
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:20:33 +0200
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You might find Ada.Strings.FIxed.Move useful!

Shitij wrote in message <9l82gv$j83$1@news.mch.sbs.de>...
>Hi,
>Iam new to ADA.I just wanted to know how do you define a variable length
>string.I have declared a string array of length say a size of 20.But if I
>use get and pass this string as an arguement,then unless and until I fill
>this with exactly 20 characters my program is not working.How to overcome
>this?
>Iam using the below structure
>
>type list;
> type pList is access list;
> type list is
>record
>   data:integer;
>   str:string(1 .. 20);
>   next:pList:=NULL;
>  end record;
>
>