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Subject: Re: Converting numbers to strings without Ada.Text_IO?
From: James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@att.net>
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"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote in
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> "Tapio Kelloniemi" <spam12@thack.org> wrote in message
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>> Well, my question is: how could in convert integer and real numbers
>> portably into strings without using Ada.Text_IO?
> 
> You could copy the algorithm GNAT uses for conversions from
> Ada.Text_IO into your own package (with appropriate copyrighting kept)

You could also simply call the 'Image attribute of the integer or
real number.

Jim Rogers