From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Random Input-Size and recognizing ENTER-press
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:52:14 GMT
Date: 2004-12-19T15:52:14+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Oshxd.4358$RH4.161@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cq3f0i$fau$05$1@news.t-online.com>
xadian wrote:
>
> Here's my problem:
> I need to to Get() a random number of characters (typed by the user) in
> an array.
> I could loop with a Get() statement and exit when all the inputs are in
> the array, but for that I'd need to know the number of inputs before. Is
> there a way to do that without knowing the input number?!
An array of characters is a string. In Ada, you can use the predefined
type String.
Input of an arbitrary length String is easily done with a function such
as PragmARC.Get_Line.
You can obtain the PragmAda Reusable Components at
http://home.earthlink.net/~jrcarter010/pragmarc.htm
--
Jeff Carter
"C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade."
Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
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2004-12-19 8:44 Random Input-Size and recognizing ENTER-press xadian
2004-12-19 14:50 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-12-19 16:01 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-19 16:03 ` Pascal Obry
2004-12-19 23:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-20 14:36 ` Steve
2004-12-20 23:45 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-19 15:52 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
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