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From: Darel Cullen <Darel@djcull.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: formatting numbers on output
Date: 1996/08/18
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In article <4v2r77$lal@hermes.acs.unt.edu>, "Ramesh S. Mantri"
<mantri@ponder.csci.unt.edu> writes
>Is formatting numbers on output possible in Ada, the way it is
>permitted in other languages such as Fortran, Pascal, C and others?
>Because it is displaying even small numbers in a large space. As a 
>result, the output does not look too good.
>Thanks in advance.
>--- Ramesh Mantri

Sure.. Check out the extra parameters WIDTH, BASE, AFT, EXP, on Text_io
for Integer_io and Float_io.. They are pretty self explaining. 
AFT and EXP relate to floating point numbers and positioning of the
point. WIDTH is what you are after , this specifies the size of field
to display your small numbers in.
more complicated screen formatting becomes a little complex in ada 83 at
any rate.. usually you end up having to output vt100 or ansi codes in
your Put statement to position the cursor on the screen.


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Darel Cullen