A.10.8 Input-Output for Integer Types
Static Semantics
The following procedures are defined in the generic 
packages Integer_IO and Modular_IO, which have to be instantiated for 
the appropriate signed integer or modular type respectively (indicated 
by Num in the specifications).
Values are output as 
decimal or based literals, without low line characters or exponent, and, 
for Integer_IO, preceded by a minus sign if negative. The format (which 
includes any leading spaces and minus sign) can be specified by an optional 
field width parameter. Values of widths of fields in output formats are 
of the nonnegative integer subtype Field. Values of bases are of the 
integer subtype Number_Base. 
subtype Number_Base is Integer range 2 .. 16;
The default field width 
and base to be used by output procedures are defined by the following 
variables that are declared in the generic packages Integer_IO and Modular_IO:
Default_Width : Field := Num'Width;
Default_Base  : Number_Base := 10;
The following procedures 
are provided: 
procedure Get(File : in File_Type; Item : out Num; Width : in Field := 0);
procedure Get(Item : out Num; Width : in Field := 0);
If the value of the parameter Width is zero, skips 
any leading blanks, line terminators, or page terminators, then reads 
a plus sign if present or (for a signed type only) a minus sign if present, 
then reads the longest possible sequence of characters matching the syntax 
of a numeric literal without a point. If a nonzero value of Width is 
supplied, then exactly Width characters are input, or the characters 
(possibly none) up to a line terminator, whichever comes first; any skipped 
leading blanks are included in the count.
Returns, in the parameter Item, the value of type 
Num that corresponds to the sequence input.
The exception Data_Error 
is propagated if the sequence of characters read does not form a legal 
integer literal or if the value obtained is not of the subtype Num.
procedure Put(File  : in File_Type;
              Item  : in Num;
              Width : in Field := Default_Width;
              Base  : in Number_Base := Default_Base);
procedure Put(Item  : in Num;
              Width : in Field := Default_Width;
              Base  : in Number_Base := Default_Base);
Outputs the value of the parameter Item as an 
integer literal, with no low lines, no exponent, and no leading zeros 
(but a single zero for the value zero), and a preceding minus sign for 
a negative value.
If the resulting sequence of characters to be 
output has fewer than Width characters, then leading spaces are first 
output to make up the difference.
Uses the syntax 
for decimal literal if the parameter Base has the value ten (either explicitly 
or through Default_Base); otherwise, uses the syntax for based literal, 
with any letters in upper case.
procedure Get(From : in String; Item : out Num; Last : out Positive);
Reads an integer value from the beginning of the 
given string, following the same rules as the Get procedure that reads 
an integer value from a file, but treating the end of the string as a 
file terminator. Returns, in the parameter Item, the value of type Num 
that corresponds to the sequence input. Returns in Last the index value 
such that From(Last) is the last character read.
The exception Data_Error 
is propagated if the sequence input does not have the required syntax 
or if the value obtained is not of the subtype Num.
procedure Put(To   : out String;
              Item : in Num;
              Base : in Number_Base := Default_Base);
Outputs the value 
of the parameter Item to the given string, following the same rule as 
for output to a file, using the length of the given string as the value 
for Width. 
Integer_Text_IO is 
a library package that is a nongeneric equivalent to Text_IO.Integer_IO 
for the predefined type Integer: 
with Ada.Text_IO;
package Ada.Integer_Text_IO 
is new Ada.Text_IO.Integer_IO(Integer);
 
For each predefined signed integer type, a nongeneric 
equivalent to Text_IO.Integer_IO is provided, with names such as Ada.Long_Integer_Text_IO.
Implementation Permissions
The nongeneric equivalent packages may, but need 
not, be actual instantiations of the generic package for the appropriate 
predefined type.
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Examples
subtype Byte_Int is Integer range -127 .. 127;
package Int_IO is new Integer_IO(Byte_Int); use Int_IO;
-- default format used at instantiation,
-- Default_Width = 4, Default_Base = 10
Put(126);                            -- "b126"
Put(-126, 7);                        -- "bbb–126"
Put(126, Width => 13, Base => 2);    -- "bbb2#1111110#"
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