From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dc592ef3b5ac1648 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-25 15:45:49 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!inmet!henning!stt From: stt@henning.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: C programmer with Newbie question Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: <3fgsin$kc6@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <3fhub3$4gv@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3fj6bh$9a8@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 23:45:49 GMT Date: 1995-01-25T23:45:49+00:00 List-Id: In article <3fj6bh$9a8@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>, David O'Brien wrote: >David Weller (dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote: >: In article <3fgsin$kc6@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>, >: Peter Hermann 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) -Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com Intermetrics, Inc. Cambridge, MA 02138