Re: C programmer with Newbie question

[stt@henning.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)]

In article <3fj6bh$9a8@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>,
David O'Brien <dobrien@seas.gwu.edu> wrote:
>David Weller (dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote:
>: In article <3fgsin$kc6@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>,
>: Peter Hermann <ucaa2385@iris1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>: >Michael Bartz (m-bartz@memphis.edu) wrote:
>: >: Can you pass command line arguments to an Ada program?
>: >
>: >A.15 The Package Command_Line
>: >
>: >   function Argument_Count return Natural;
>
>: 	equiv to argc

Actually, Argument_Count is equivalent to argc-1.  That is, it is 
a count of "arguments" and does *not* include the command name itself.

>: >   function Argument (Number : in Positive) return String;
>
>: 	equiv to argv[1]..argv[argc]

Actually, Argument(N) for N in 1..Argument_Count is 
equivalent to argv[n] for (n = 1; n < argc; n++)

>: >   function Command_Name return String;
>: 	
>: 	equiv to argv[0]

Right.

> ...
>-- David O'Brien	(dobrien@seas.gwu.edu)

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