raised CONSTRAINT_ERROR problem

raised CONSTRAINT_ERROR problem

[polivkaj]

This error occurs on line 3: 

search_name : string (1..20);
name_length : integer;


1.	new_line(3);
2.	put(" Enter your search name-> ");
3.	get_line (search_name, name_length);
4.	put_line (search_name(1..name_length));

Why is this?  

I'm doing this so I can make a string compare function in ADA (class
assignment).

I'm using the following:
	Gnat 3.04a compiler
	Windows 95 OS  		(I know, I know)

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Jon P.
polivkaj@mail.oit.osshe.edu

Re: raised CONSTRAINT_ERROR problem

[Robert Dewar]

Jon P. asks

"This error occurs on line 3:

search_name : string (1..20);
name_length : integer;


1.      new_line(3);
2.      put(" Enter your search name-> ");
3.      get_line (search_name, name_length);
4.      put_line (search_name(1..name_length));

Why is this?"


First: you did not give nearly enough information to find this problem
Second: it is part of your assignment to find your own problems
Third: You really should ask for help from your instructor or TA etc
          posting to tens of thousands of people around the world is
          not an appropriate use of net resources (just think, what
          if all the students learning Ada, there are thousands of
          them, all posted to CLA every time they ran into something          
          they did not understand.

The reason it is better to ask locally, is because then you can more easily
give all the information that is required. On CLA, especially if you are
a beginner, it will take several iterations just to ask the question
correctly, generating even more unnecessary traffic.