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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
Subject: Re: Getting valid Integer values !!
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:04:00 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2003-10-21T23:04:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bn4e10$6mt$1@hercules.btinternet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EEglb.1917$VQ3.243794@news20.bellglobal.com

"CheGueVerra" <chegueverra@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:EEglb.1917$VQ3.243794@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >You should declare a 'subtype' for this range.
>
> In my homework I do declare a  subtype for it, I just didn't for the
test...

Good

Also, for literals you should use '_' for such large numbers, e.g.
1_000_000 not 1000000

> Cannot exit a loop while and for with an exit
> Cannot use goto
> Cannot have global variables

And so another 'programmer invented flag' hits the coding sheets...
...my old JSP teacher would be spinning!

If you are also write a criteque of this, you can tell your prof, that
'exit' is the mechanism of choice in such circumstances for Ada
users (and always has been).

>
> That's why I'm not taking a chance and using the exit in the loop, the
> teacher might just see the exit and I'll loose points, and the homework is
> already late ;), but almost finished, I'm testing and installing data
> cheking

Fair enough





  reply	other threads:[~2003-10-21 23:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-21 19:11 Getting valid Integer values !! CheGueVerra
2003-10-21 20:15 ` Martin Dowie
2003-10-21 20:27   ` CheGueVerra
2003-10-21 23:04     ` Martin Dowie [this message]
2003-10-21 23:35       ` CheGueVerra
2003-10-22  2:49         ` Steve
2003-10-22  0:46     ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-10-22  1:07       ` CheGueVerra
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2003-10-21 20:34 Beard, Frank Randolph CIV
2003-10-21 21:34 ` CheGueVerra
2003-10-21 21:36 ` CheGueVerra
     [not found] <mailman.161.1066792253.25614.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>
2003-10-22  3:46 ` Jeff C,
2003-10-22 19:27   ` Simon Wright
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