Re: how to check if a string variable contains a number or string?

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

mabes180@aol.com (Sarah Thomas) writes:

> I have an array of strings that I read in from a file. I want to check
> if each element in the array is a string or if it is a number. is
> there any predefined functions that would help do that? thanks

This sounds like a homework problem. If it is, please say so. We don't
do homework for you, but we can give advice.

Since you are reading strings, obviously what you got is a string.
It's possible that the string contains a valid number; I guess that is
what you want to check.

Try reading the number from the string using Ada.Text_IO.*.

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