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Subject: Re: initialize an array (1-D) at elaboration using an expression
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On 10/15/2010 04:03 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
> I was wondering if in Ada I can initialize some array, where I can fill
> the content of each entry in the array based on some function of the index?
>
>
> In Ada, what would I need to do in the initialization below?
> ---------------------------
> a: array(1..N) of float := (others=>0.0); --??

Of course, if you're willing to avoid the evil that is anonymous types and write 
a function:

type Meaningful_Type_Name is array (1 .. N) of Float;

function Meaningful_Function_Name return Meaningful_Type_Name is ...

Meaningful_Object_Name : Meaningful_Type_Name := Meaningful_Function_Name;

-- 
Jeff Carter
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