Re: Help with an errant 'IF' statement please.

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

On 2014-11-30, Austin Obyrne <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:53:48 PM UTC, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 07:05:09 -0800 (PST), Austin Obyrne
>> <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com> declaimed the following:
>> 
>> 
>> >LOOP
>> >  EXIT WHEN NextChar = Sentinel;
>> >
>> 	What is the definition of "NextChar", since I don't see it changing
>> inside this loop...
>>  
>
> This is the relevant source code at the very start of the program in
> question,
>
>   Total := Total+1;
>   Ada.Text_IO.Get(Item => NextChar);
>   Image(Total):= NextChar;
>  
> 'NextChar' is the variable name given to each character being read
> in from the keyboard.
>

[snip]

> Sorry for taking so long in coming back and thanks for your help - Austin.

Do what I told you to do and write a stripped down standalone test program
around the fragment you posted.

You will then see what Dennis (and myself) are telling you.

I could tell you what the problem is, but I think it's more important for
you to understand how to find this yourself.

Simon.

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