moreio.def

DEFINITION MODULE MoreIO;

(* misc. extra i/o functions *)
(* J. Andrea, Feb.18/92 *)
(* This code may be freely used and distributed, it may not be sold. *)

EXPORT QUALIFIED ReadLine, WriteLeftString, WriteRightString;


PROCEDURE ReadLine( VAR line :ARRAY OF CHAR );
(*
 Read a line from standard input into the given string.
*)

PROCEDURE WriteLeftString( string :ARRAY OF CHAR; width :CARDINAL );
(*
 Write a string to standard output, left justified into a fixed width field,
 if the string is longer then the specified width then truncate the string,
 if the string is shorter then the width, append spaces to fill the width.
*)

PROCEDURE WriteRightString( string :ARRAY OF CHAR; width :CARDINAL );
(*
 Write a string to standard output, right justified into a fixed width field,
 if the string is longer then the specified width then truncate the string,
 if the string is shorter then the width, prepend spaces to fill the width.
*)

END MoreIO.