STRING length

Hi,

How does one use a variable length string in ada? I created a record
like:

type MY_RECORD is
record
m_strName : STRING(1..5);
m_strPhone : STRING(1..5);
m_strAddress : STRING(1..5);
end record;

However when trying to assign the members of the record, at runtime I
may get an exception if the assigned string is not exactly 5
characters. Is there a different STRING type which doesn't care how
long the assigned string is (as long as it's shorter than the max) or
which just grows to meet the assigned string length?

Thanks

.

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