Re: When using the Ada Big_Numbers.Big_Integers package, can the To_String function output be sliced?

[Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com>]

On Friday, July 28, 2023 at 11:21:13 AM UTC-7, Simon Wright wrote:
> This works for me:
> for I in 1 .. Max loop 
> Powers_of_2 := Powers_of_2 * To_Big_Integer (2); 
> if I >= 4 then
> if To_String (Powers_Of_2)(2 .. 3) = "12" then
> Put ("2^"); 
> Put (I, 0); 
> Put_Line (To_String (Powers_of_2)); 
> end if;
> end if; 
> end loop;


Thanks to all for your responses...

I don't know exactly what I had tried that had failed, but I have learned more now, especially to be more observant.

I was able to simplify my code.

Greatly appreciate your patience with me.

Thanks,
Ken