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From: "David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
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Subject: Re: float2string
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pedro Jose Garcia Gil" <pggil@isa.upv.es>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: float2string


>
> Hello.
> I want to send a float by the serial port.
>
> In C, I use the function "buffer=fcvt(source,7,&decimal,&signo);". I have
> tried to import this function from C to Ada95, but I have had problems
with
> the char pointer (char *buffer). I don't know how to manage with the
> equivalent in Ada to a char pointer.
>
> Can I convert a float to a string in Ada?. How?.
>
You can use the attribute function Float'Image (<float-expression>) to
obtain a
scientific notation string.

If you want a particular format, you can use the Put procedure described in
the LRM A.10.9 (30)

>  Thank you very much.
>
>  Pedro.
>
>
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