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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: ATOI
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:05:39 +0000 (UTC)
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Riccardo Fulcoli wrote:
> HI!
> I'm having problems reguarding the input/output from files in text mode.
> Exactly I would like to read a field as a string of 50 characters(and for
> that i'm using the redirection of the input) and after that to convert it in
> a number (an integer).
> i.e. I'm looking for a function like the C "atoi".

Number : Integer := 0;
Read_String : String (1..50);

-- Reading in the string etc...

   Number := Integer'Value (Read_String);

If I understand your question correctly

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