Re: Converting Type Characters to type string

jedivaughn writes:
> number 1 thank you so much for the fast response. But when I try your
> suggestion and use say "1234" for the input I get the number 1, a few
> spaces, and then some smiley faces. not exactly what I was hoping
> for :) .  Here's my code if that's any help.
>
> with ada.text_IO, ada.integer_text_IO;
>
> procedure integers is
>
> index : natural :=0;
> char : character;
> str : string (1..10);
>
> begin
>
>     ada.text_IO.put("Please enter a few Integers ");
>     ada.text_IO.get(char);
>
>     Index := Index + 1;
>     Str(Index) := Char;
>     ada.text_IO.put(str);
                      ^^^

Of course. Pascal said that "Str (1 .. Index)" contains the user input
as a string, not "Str" which contains exactly 10 characters no matter
how many the user typed.

> end integers;
>
> Once again thanks so much for your help
> - John

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