Re: Problem with output using Ada.Text_IO.Put

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

On 07/19/2014 02:37 PM, junior learning ADA wrote:
> I am starting to learn ADA and I have installed Adacore gnat 2014.

Good. Is that the American Dental Association or the Americans with Disabilities 
Act that you're learning? Ada is a woman's name (Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, 
who wrote programs for Babbage's Analytical Engine), not an acronym.

> BEGIN -- Coin_Collection
>
>    -- prompt user for number of nickels and pennies
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put (Item => "How many nickels do you have? ");
>    Ada.Integer_Text_IO.Get (Item => Nickels);
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put (Item => "How many pennies do you have? ");
>    Ada.Integer_Text_IO.Get (Item => Pennies);
>    Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
>
>
> However, when I run the program the text output appears after the questions. See below:
> /Users/francois/Documents/ADA/test/fk3-w95/coin_collection
> 1
> 2
> How many nickels do you have? How many pennies do you have?
> [2014-07-19 22:05:16] process terminated successfully, elapsed time: 16.28s

That's very odd. I can't say that I've seen that behavior before.

> Is the issue coming from using a newer version of ADA?

No, Ada.Text_IO should work the same.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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