Ada Programming/Attributes/'Width


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Description

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X'Width is an Ada attribute where X is any discrete type. This attribute represents the number of characters it takes to represent the "longest" type value using the X'Image attribute.

Example

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type My_Enum is (Big, Bigger, Biggest);
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pragma Assert (My_Enum'Image (Biggest) = "BIGGEST" );
pragma Assert (My_Enum'Width = 7); 
-- Width of "BIGGEST" is seven
-- Width of "BIG" and "BIGGER" are irrelevant.

See also

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Wikibook

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Ada Reference Manual

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