RosettaCodeData/Task/Reverse-words-in-a-string/Ada/reverse-words-in-a-string-2.ada
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Ada

package body Simple_Parse is
function Next_Word(S: String; Point: in out Positive) return String is
Start: Positive := Point;
Stop: Natural;
begin
while Start <= S'Last and then S(Start) = ' ' loop
Start := Start + 1;
end loop; -- now S(Start) is the first non-space,
-- or Start = S'Last+1 if S is empty or space-only
Stop := Start-1; -- now S(Start .. Stop) = ""
while Stop < S'Last and then S(Stop+1) /= ' ' loop
Stop := Stop + 1;
end loop; -- now S(Stop+1) is the first sopace after Start
-- or Stop = S'Last if there is no such space
Point := Stop+1;
return S(Start .. Stop);
end Next_Word;
end Simple_Parse;