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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Integer to String Conversion?
Date: 1998/12/16
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bwefler@my-dejanews.com writes:

> Does anyone know an Ada-83 compatible method to convert an integer to a
> string, so that the string may be concatenated with another string, and the
> resulting string passed as a parameter to a function call?  (Note: I am not
> talking about using Text_IO or Integer_IO in this case;  I simply want the
> result to be a string.	Another function will take care of the string.)

This has to be the number one FAQ these days:

  X : Integer;
...
  Put ("this is a string" & Integer'Image (X));

Integer'Value goes the other way, and converts a string into an
integer.  It'll even convert alternate bases, ie

  Integer'Value ("16#A#")  returns the value 10 (decimal)