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On 6 jan, 06:17, tmo...@acm.org wrote:
> =A0 Hex_Pair : String(1 .. 2) :=3D "7C";
>
> =A0 Char : Character
> =A0 =A0 :=3D Character'val(Integer'value("16#" & Hex_Pair & "#"));
>
> Of course if this is homework in an Intro to Ada class, the teacher may n=
ot
> believe you came up with this by yourself.

We do not know about the context, and depending on the context, as en
example, if he/she was supposed to learn more about attributes, then
your way would be the better one (not easy to give a good answer to a
student when we do not know about the context and the real
expectations)