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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b34ecb04700058dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-13 21:44:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!beastie.ix.netcom.com!nobody From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: how to parse words from a string Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:31:07 -0800 Organization: >> Leaf-Eating Penguins? << Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.d0.4e Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Server-Date: 14 Nov 2002 05:44:29 GMT User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 X-noarchive: yes Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30847 Date: 2002-11-14T05:44:29+00:00 List-Id: sk fed this fish to the penguins on Wednesday 13 November 2002 07:09 pm: > > A string is a numerically indexed array of characters in > simplest terms. So using a character as an index into a > string should not compile under normal (Ada) circumstances. > And even if it did compile, I'd expect it (using a tab character) to basically be the same as string(1..9) [presuming ASCII control code]... It definitely is not creating a dynamic length object for splitting text using a delimiter character. -- > ============================================================== < > wlfraed@ix.netcom.com | Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG < > wulfraed@dm.net | Bestiaria Support Staff < > ============================================================== < > Bestiaria Home Page: http://www.beastie.dm.net/ < > Home Page: http://www.dm.net/~wulfraed/ <