Re: Strings and errors... (gnat)

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>]

"tr00per" <tr00per@o2.pl> writes:

> Hello!
> During compilation GNAT says:
> pracownicy.adb:123:22: warning: too few elements for subtype of
> "Standard.String" defined at line 107
> pracownicy.adb:123:22: warning: "Constraint_Error" will be raised at
> run time
> (and it is raised at run time)
>
> Those lines look like that:
> ...
> 104: 		buf:string(1..70);
> ...
> 107: 		tmp:string(1..30);
> ...
> 123: 		tmp:=buf(13..26);
> ...
>
> 123:22 is after :=
> I don't get the point. Where is the problem? Please help!

You can't assign a shorter string into a longer one -- the lengths have
to match.  You could do:

    tmp: String := buf(13..26);

or

    tmp: constant String := buf(13..26);

and it will take the bounds for tmp from buf(13..26).

Or, you could use Unbounded_Strings.

- Bob