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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Putting a 'Duration' on the screen ?
Date: 1999/01/19
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Steve O'Neill <oneills@top.monad.net> writes:

> Emmanuel Lambert wrote:
> 
> > I am freaking out because I would like to output a variable from type
> > Duration to the screen, but it does not work with put(...). I have
> > included Ada.Float_Text_Io, but that does not help. Can someone give me
> > a hint.
> 
> The hint is - Duration is not a floating point type, it's a fixed point
> type.  Either instantiate Fixed_IO for Duration or convert the duration
> object to float.

No, do not convert Duration to float.

You can either:

1) Use an instantiation of Ada.Text_IO.Fixed_IO; or

2) Use the attribute Duration'Image (X).

The 2nd option is easier.


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