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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Can I convert a string of letters into an array?
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:51:22 -0500
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In article 
<3994111.4442.1331003406394.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vblb5>,
 Will <willmann817@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, March 5, 2012 9:58:46 PM UTC-5, Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> > On 03/05/2012 06:46 PM, Will wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I convert a string of letters into an array? I am not sure 
> > > how to sort the letters in the form of a string but I know how to 
> > > do it using an array. Then how do I convert that array back to a 
> > > string after I am done sorting it?
> > 
> > You could instantiate Ada.Containers.Generic_Array_Sort for the 
> > array type String.
> 
> Jeff, I am a beginner at Ada, so I have no idea what you mean by that ha ha?

Jeff: In Ada, a String is an array of Character:

   type String is array(Positive range <>) of Character;

You can create an instance of Generic_Array_Sort that sorts the 
Characters in a String like this:

   procedure Sort is new Ada.Containers.Generic_Array_Sort(
      Index_Type   => Positive,
      Element_Type => Character,
      Array_Type   => String);

There's a complete example here:

<http://home.roadrunner.com/~jbmatthews/jumble.html>

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John B. Matthews
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