Re: C getchar() functionality in Ada

[m.collado@domain.invalid]

Thomas Locke escribi�:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've started redoing all the K&R C examples in Ada, and I've already hit 
> a wall that I'm not able to get around.
> 
> I have this C program:  http://pastebin.com/fbc6bec5
> 
> It's very simple, but still I fail to mimick it in Ada.
> 
> The C program happily accepts everything I throw at it, and it responds 
> with the expected values, whereas my Ada version(s) either fail at 
> linefeeds, throw End_Error exceptions at me, or spits out too many 
> linefeeds!
> 
> My current Ada code looks like this: http://pastebin.com/f519f7e37
> 
> This version works with input from keyboard and when I pipe some data 
> into it like this:  $ echo "FooBar" | ito
> 
> It craps out on files ($ cat SomeFile | ito), where it ignores linefeeds 
> and throws End_Error exceptions at me when the last character in the 
> file is a linefeed
> 
> I've tried with Get_Immediate, Look_Ahead, Get_Line and a mixture of 
> Strings, Characters and Unbounded strings. I just can't make it work.

The following seems to work:

with Ada.Text_IO;          use Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Ito is
    C : Character;
begin
    while not End_Of_File loop
       Get_Immediate (Item => C);
       Put (Item => C);
    end loop;
end Ito ;

> 
> Any and all advice are more than welcome.
> 
> :o)
> /Thomas


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