Re: Print

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s9406160@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Scott Malcolm Smedley) writes:

>How can I "print" an array of integers/characters/strings etc
>in ADA?? I mean "print" as in Printer.

>For example, let's say I had an array(1..10) of integers.
>How could I print each integer one underneath the other on
>a printer?

>I'm not 2 sure whether it matters or not, but I am using ADA on
>a DOS machine, not UNIX.

Open the printer as a sequential file...  (There's probably a better way
of doing it, but this works.)

with SEQUENTIAL_IO;
procedure FOO is

  package LPT_FLOAT_IO is new SEQUENTIAL_IO(FLOAT);  -- You need one of these
  use     LPT_FLOAT_IO;                              -- for each type you use.

  PRINTER: FILE_TYPE;
  STUFF: array(1 .. 10) of FLOAT;
  PRINTER_DEVICE: STRING(1 .. 20);

begin -- FOO

  PRINTER_DEVICE:="lpt1";               -- DOS uses LPTx, UNIX uses /dev/lptx.
  OPEN(PRINTER, OUT_FILE, PRINTER_DEVICE);

  -- Fill your array.

  WRITE(PRINTER, STUFF(1));

end FOO;

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