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Subject: RE: Naturals and discrete types
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:06:39 -0500
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-----Original Message-----
From: Clueless [mailto:chris@dont.spam.me]

> However, I'm still a little fuzzy on the best way to convert between real
> and discrete types.

      I : integer := 0;
      Y : float := 3.14;
   begin  
      I := integer(Y);  -- now I = 3;


or

      I : integer := 9;
      Y : float := 0.0;
   begin  
      Y := float(I);  -- now Y ~ 9.0;