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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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On 09/30/2014 06:49 PM, Stribor40 wrote:
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> How would I cast var1 to become 123 but still be able to subtract it from var1 and keep float type?

You can't, since there is no casting in Ada. However, you might find the
'Truncation attribute function useful.

http://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/12rm/html/RM-A-5-3.html

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