The Package Characters.Conversions
Author: JTC1/SC22/WG9/ARG, by Randall Brukardt, ARG Editor

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# A.3.4 The Package Characters.Conversions

#### Static Semantics

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The library package Characters.Conversions has the following declaration:
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package Ada.Characters.Conversions is
pragma Pure(Conversions);
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function Is_Character (Item : in Wide_Character) return Boolean;
function Is_String (Item : in Wide_String) return Boolean;
function Is_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character) return Boolean;
function Is_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String) return Boolean;
function Is_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character)
return Boolean;
function Is_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String)
return Boolean;
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function To_Wide_Character (Item : in Character) return Wide_Character;
function To_Wide_String (Item : in String) return Wide_String;
function To_Wide_Wide_Character (Item : in Character)
return Wide_Wide_Character;
function To_Wide_Wide_String (Item : in String)
return Wide_Wide_String;
function To_Wide_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Character)
return Wide_Wide_Character;
function To_Wide_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_String)
return Wide_Wide_String;
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function To_Character (Item : in Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Character := ' ')
return Character;
function To_String (Item : in Wide_String;
Substitute : in Character := ' ')
return String;
function To_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Character := ' ')
return Character;
function To_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String;
Substitute : in Character := ' ')
return String;
function To_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Wide_Character := ' ')
return Wide_Character;
function To_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String;
Substitute : in Wide_Character := ' ')
return Wide_String;
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end Ada.Characters.Conversions;
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The functions in package Characters.Conversions test Wide_Wide_Character or Wide_Character values for membership in Wide_Character or Character, or convert between corresponding characters of Wide_Wide_Character, Wide_Character, and Character.
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function Is_Character (Item : in Wide_Character) return Boolean;
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Returns True if Wide_Character'Pos(Item) <= Character'Pos(Character'Last).
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function Is_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character) return Boolean;
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Returns True if Wide_Wide_Character'Pos(Item) <= Character'Pos(Character'Last).
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function Is_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character) return Boolean;
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Returns True if Wide_Wide_Character'Pos(Item) <= Wide_Character'Pos(Wide_Character'Last).
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function Is_String (Item : in Wide_String) return Boolean;
function Is_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String) return Boolean;
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Returns True if Is_Character(Item(I)) is True for each I in Item'Range.
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function Is_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String) return Boolean;
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Returns True if Is_Wide_Character(Item(I)) is True for each I in Item'Range.
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function To_Character (Item : in Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Character := ' ') return Character;
function To_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Character := ' ') return Character;
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Returns the Character corresponding to Item if Is_Character(Item), and returns the Substitute Character otherwise.
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function To_Wide_Character (Item : in Character) return Wide_Character;
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Returns the Wide_Character X such that Character'Pos(Item) = Wide_Character'Pos (X).
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function To_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Wide_Character;
Substitute : in Wide_Character := ' ')
return Wide_Character;
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Returns the Wide_Character corresponding to Item if Is_Wide_Character(Item), and returns the Substitute Wide_Character otherwise.
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function To_Wide_Wide_Character (Item : in Character)
return Wide_Wide_Character;
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Returns the Wide_Wide_Character X such that Character'Pos(Item) = Wide_Wide_Character'Pos (X).
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function To_Wide_Wide_Character (Item : in Wide_Character)
return Wide_Wide_Character;
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Returns the Wide_Wide_Character X such that Wide_Character'Pos(Item) = Wide_Wide_Character'Pos (X).
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function To_String (Item : in Wide_String;
Substitute : in Character := ' ') return String;
function To_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String;
Substitute : in Character := ' ') return String;
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Returns the String whose range is 1..Item'Length and each of whose elements is given by To_Character of the corresponding element in Item.
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function To_Wide_String (Item : in String) return Wide_String;
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Returns the Wide_String whose range is 1..Item'Length and each of whose elements is given by To_Wide_Character of the corresponding element in Item.
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function To_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_Wide_String;
Substitute : in Wide_Character := ' ')
return Wide_String;
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Returns the Wide_String whose range is 1..Item'Length and each of whose elements is given by To_Wide_Character of the corresponding element in Item with the given Substitute Wide_Character.
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function To_Wide_Wide_String (Item : in String) return Wide_Wide_String;
function To_Wide_Wide_String (Item : in Wide_String)
return Wide_Wide_String;
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Returns the Wide_Wide_String whose range is 1..Item'Length and each of whose elements is given by To_Wide_Wide_Character of the corresponding element in Item.

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