From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,36c55584044f4f0f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-07 16:12:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "James S. Rogers" From: "James S. Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: string manipulation X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 00:12:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.38.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1039306326 12.86.38.63 (Sun, 08 Dec 2002 00:12:06 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 00:12:06 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31542 Date: 2002-12-08T00:12:06+00:00 List-Id: "Gep" wrote in message news:BhvI9.27495$Mn4.328936@wagner.videotron.net... > Is it possible to declare a string to be exactly 10 characters long and > still be a variable? then You want to use the package Ada.Strings.Bounded. This package allows you to specify a maximum string length, and use data up to that length. Jim Rogers