DEFINITION MODULE CHAR;
(* I/O Module for Type CHAR *)
FROM FileIO IMPORT File;
PROCEDURE Read ( infile : File; VAR ch : CHAR );
(* Reads a CHAR value from stream infile
- any leading whitespace is skipped
- the character being read is removed from infile
- the code point of the character value read is assigned to ch
- the file status is set to any of:
success, outOfRange, wrongFormat, endOfLine, or endOfInput. This
procedure is substituted for invocations of READ with a CHAR argument. *)
PROCEDURE Write ( outfile : File; ch : CHAR );
(* Writes the textual representation of CHAR ch to stream outfile. This
procedure is substituted for invocations of WRITE with a CHAR argument.*)
PROCEDURE WriteF ( outfile : File;
CONST fmtStr : ARRAY OF CHAR;
items : VARIADIC OF CHAR );
(* Writes a formatted textual representation of one or more CHAR values to
output stream outfile. The output format is determined by fmtStr. This
procedure is substituted for invocations of WRITEF with one or more
CHAR arguments. *)
END CHAR.