Re: Error checking for type incompatibility

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

On 10 Dec 2001 16:28:15 -0800, Ben wrote:
> Hi, 
> I am new to Ada. I decided I would try to learn a new language and Ada
> seemed like a fun project. I got a few books, and one of them has
> challenge problem where I am supposed to do some error checking on
> input. This includes checking to make sure that the input type is
> correct. More specifically: the program is supposed to accept only
> integer values. So I need to be able to have an error handler that
> will recognize if someone tries to enter a noninteger value and ask
> them to re-enter a correct value. Since this is a "challenge problem"
> they are not giving me alot to work on here. I checked another book,
> and it had some examples on error handling, but not at the level I
> need. And neither book had any example code that was helpful.

One way is to use:

   http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch07.htm

> Remember, I'm new to Ada (from the C++ world) so packages are new to
> me. What do I need folks. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Perhaps you should read more before you try this problem. Which book is
it by the way?

Preben
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