Re: functions, packages & characters

[tmoran@acm.org]

> package obtain is
> function Get_Line;
> end obtain;
>
> with Text_io;
> use Text_io;
> package body obtain is
> begin  <- oops

  You are making progress toward a syntactically legal Ada program.
But you don't write a novel by starting with a bunch of sentence
fragments and trying to rearrange them until a Publisher says "Yes!".
First you learn how to compose legal, meaningful, sentences.  Then you
decide on a structure and plot for your novel, and finally you write
sentences to show the reader the story.  It appears you really need an
Ada textbook, either paper or online.  Or at the very least, study some
existing Ada programs and copy and modify to get one to do what you
want.  Look at www.adapower.com for references to books, tutorials, and
sample source code.