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--                         GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS                         --
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with System.Val_Util; use System.Val_Util;

package body System.Val_Char is

   ---------------------
   -- Value_Character --
   ---------------------

   function Value_Character (Str : String) return Character is
      F : Natural;
      L : Natural;
      S : String (Str'Range) := Str;

   begin
      Normalize_String (S, F, L);

      --  Accept any single character enclosed in quotes

      if L - F = 2 and then S (F) = ''' and then S (L) = ''' then
         return Character'Val (Character'Pos (S (F + 1)));

      --  Check control character cases

      else
         for C in Character'Val (16#00#) .. Character'Val (16#1F#) loop
            if S (F .. L) = Character'Image (C) then
               return C;
            end if;
         end loop;

         for C in Character'Val (16#7F#) .. Character'Val (16#9F#) loop
            if S (F .. L) = Character'Image (C) then
               return C;
            end if;
         end loop;

         if S (F .. L) = "SOFT_HYPHEN" then
            return Character'Val (16#AD#);
         end if;

         Bad_Value (Str);
      end if;
   end Value_Character;

end System.Val_Char;