Re: Nested declares, constant size arrays and clarity

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@acm.nospam.org>]

Mateusz Papiernik wrote:
> 
> The string format is known, its always three columns - but of unknown 
> width (in some boundaries, of course, let's say - 100).

No boundaries can easily be accomodated. See function 
Ada.Text_IO.Get_Line if you're using Ada 07, or you should be able to 
easily write your own if you're not.

> I used Unbounded Strings to slice my input by semicolon sign once, then 
> slice the rest, and then slice the rest of the rest. I guess I can do 
> the same with a simple loop over traditional string to check semicolon 
> positions and then simply slice the string with known left/right 
> boundaries. Back to code then... :)

Rather than looping to find positions, you might want to look at 
Ada.Strings.Fixed.Index, which does it for you ...

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