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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- S Y S T E M . V A L _ C H A R --
9 -- $Revision: 1.1.16.1 $
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36 with System
.Val_Util
; use System
.Val_Util
;
38 package body System
.Val_Char
is
44 function Value_Character
(Str
: String) return Character is
47 S
: String (Str
'Range) := Str
;
50 Normalize_String
(S
, F
, L
);
52 -- Accept any single character enclosed in quotes
54 if L
- F
= 2 and then S
(F
) = ''' and then S
(L
) = ''' then
55 return Character'Val (Character'Pos (S
(F
+ 1)));
57 -- Check control character cases
60 for C
in Character'Val (16#
00#
) .. Character'Val (16#
1F#
) loop
61 if S
(F
.. L
) = Character'Image (C
) then
66 for C
in Character'Val (16#
7F#
) .. Character'Val (16#
9F#
) loop
67 if S
(F
.. L
) = Character'Image (C
) then
72 raise Constraint_Error
;