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From: "SteveD" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>
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"Jan" <see@messagebody.com> wrote in message
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[snip]
>
> So when I write the following code (this one works), the string in
> "name" will ALWAYS occupy 15 bytes?
>
>
>    subtype Max_Index is Natural range 0 .. 15;
>
>    type Test (length : natural := 0) is
>      record
>         text : string (1..length);
>      end record;
>
> name : Test;
>

Yes.  "name" will always occupy 15 bytes.

Note however that if you declare:

  name2 : Test( 3 );

Then the string in name will always occupy 3 bytes.

Also:  While I don't consider the LRM a good place to learn Ada, it is a
good place to find out what is available in the standard packages.  I
suggest perusing Annex A.  It gives a nice index to the standard packages.
The packages Ada.Strings.Fixed, Ada.Strings.Bounded, and
Ada.Strings.Unbounded are useful for dealing with strings.

Steve
(The Duck)

>
>
> Thanks!
>
> P.S. It's no homework, just a hobby.