Beginning Ada Programming: From Novice to Professional

© Andrew T. Shvets 2020

A. T. ShvetsBeginning Ada Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5428-8_12

12. Advanced Types

Andrew T. Shvets¹ 

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Providence, RI, USA

 

What You Will Get Out of This Chapter

This is the chapter that will cover the different custom types that you can create. Other languages do have the ability to do this, but none as successfully as Ada.

The goal is to do the following:

1. 1)

   Demonstrate the various benefits that specific types bring to the table. Since the programming language is Ada and we want to reduce the chances of getting an error, this chapter is the perfect place to illustrate this.

    
2. 2)

   Show the different types that can be created (enumerated, numbers with specific ranges, limited, etc.). Each one brings a functionality ...