Re: Reading text files with different data types

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

yorkbiatch@hotmail.com (Isa) writes:

> I'm trying to write a program to read points from a text file into
> an array of records.

> Each record corresponds to a line in the file, consisting of an
> alphanumberic 6 character line, a space, a floating point number,
> another space, then a final floating point number. (a name and 2
> coordinates).

> I'm completely at a loss as to how to read this in -- Ada.text_IO
> can read it fine as a string - but I need to do calculation on the
> floating point numbers(which could be with or without decimal
> points, largest number to be stored 1000.00)

Try splitting the input line at the spaces and then the
type-name'Value attribute:

  X : Float;

  X := Float'Value ("123.456");

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.