From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.14.9 with SMTP id c9mr51768315yhc.18.1417349950482; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:19:10 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.33.229 with SMTP id j92mr6822qgj.7.1417349950434; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:19:10 -0800 (PST) Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!w8no3595057qac.0!news-out.google.com!m4ni588qag.1!nntp.google.com!s7no3101138qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:19:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.176.91.16; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.176.91.16 References: <0a70a8a3-45fc-440b-999b-f9cfbc6ac7f9@googlegroups.com> <8ecc1fb7-615c-4b7e-83e3-866a830a59a5@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Help with an errant 'IF' statement please. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:19:10 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:191100 Date: 2014-11-30T04:19:10-08:00 List-Id: On Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:56:46 AM UTC, Denis McMahon wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:16:35 -0800, Austin Obyrne wrote: >=20 > > This is the relevant source code at the very start of the program in > > question, > >=20 > > Total :=3D Total+1; Ada.Text_IO.Get(Item =3D> NextChar); > > Image(Total):=3D NextChar; >=20 > Yes, but when you post that in isolation, we have no idea where to place= =20 > it in the code you originally posted. >=20 > When you say "at the very start" do you mean before the LOOP is declared,= =20 > or do you mean inside the loop after the exit condition is declared, or= =20 > do you mean inside the loop before the exit condition is declared, or=20 > something else? >=20 > We're guessing. >=20 > What's Image? Is it relevant to reproducing the problem? What about all= =20 > the IO? How much of that is your troubleshooting, and how much is=20 > actually relevant to the problem? >=20 > Please help us to help you! >=20 > --=20 > Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com At the risk of sounding ungrateful I have decided that this whole idea of i= nteractive encryption may be causing mayhem within the computer register - = true or false it is not worth continuing - it is much better I realise now = to simply prepare an email program in an editor and read it in for encrypti= on rather than key it in from the keyboard - that was not going to any big = deal anyway and was obviouslt shaky. I rewrote the whole program again this morning and it behaved just the same= when I tested it. Many thanks for your kind help again. - Austin