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: 103376,248692b9d8756a39 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-17 15:53:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14eed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Wannabe h4x0r Subject: Re: String slicing. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3C951C26.6050706@worldnet.att.net> User-Agent: Pan/0.11.1 (Unix) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Comment-To: "Jim Rogers" Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.245.48.122 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1016409188 12.245.48.122 (Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:53:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:53:08 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:53:08 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21385 Date: 2002-03-17T23:53:08+00:00 List-Id: On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:43:57 -0500, Jim Rogers wrote: > The compiler is correct here. The index subtype for strings is Positive. > A character is not a member of the Positive subtype. I did not know that. > My guess from your description is that you want the capabilities defined > in the package Ada.Strings.Fixed. This package will help you scan a > string by words. > > Jim Rogers I'll check out the Ada.Strings.Fixed package. Sounds like it might just be right up my ally. Thanks. Chris