RosettaCodeData/Task/Longest-string-challenge/Ada/longest-string-challenge-2.ada

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Ada

with Ada.Strings.Unbounded; use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
with Ada.Text_IO, Ada.Characters.Latin_1;
procedure Longest_String_Challenge is
function "+"(S: String) return Unbounded_String renames To_Unbounded_String;
Separator: constant Character := Ada.Characters.Latin_1.NUL;
procedure Funny_Stuff(B, L: in out Unbounded_String; N: Unbounded_String) is
-- B holds a list of all longest strings, separated by Separator
-- L holds longest string so far
-- N is the next string to be considered
Nat: Natural;
begin
Nat := Length(N) - Length(L);
-- (1) this raises exception if L longer then N
declare
Pos: Positive;
begin
Pos := Nat; -- (2) this raises exception if L at least as long as N
-- at this point, we know N is longer then L
B := N;
L := N;
exception
when Constraint_Error -- come from (2)
-- at this point, we know L and N are of the same length
=> B := B & Separator & N; -- add N to the set of solutions
end;
exception
when Constraint_Error => null; -- come from (1)
-- at this point, we know L is longer then N
end Funny_Stuff;
Buffer: Unbounded_String := +"";
Longest: Unbounded_String := +"";
Next: Unbounded_String;
begin
while True loop
Next := + Ada.Text_IO.Get_Line;
-- (3) raises exception when trying to read beyond the end of file
Funny_Stuff(Buffer, Longest, Next);
end loop;
exception
when others => -- come from (3)
for I in To_String(Buffer)'Range loop
if To_String(Buffer)(I) = Separator then
Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
else
Ada.Text_IO.Put(To_String(Buffer)(I));
end if;
end loop;
end Longest_String_Challenge;