Range Over Built in VHDL

Based on the provided input, here is the translated Go code example to VHDL:

Example: Range over Built-in Types

Range iterates over elements in a variety of built-in data structures. Let’s see how to use range with some of the data structures we’ve already learned.

Here we use range to sum the numbers in a slice. Arrays work like this too.

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.numeric_std.all;

entity range_example is
end range_example;

architecture Behavioral of range_example is
begin
    process
        variable nums : integer_array(0 to 2) := (2, 3, 4);
        variable sum : integer := 0;
        variable i : integer;
    begin
        -- Summing the numbers
        for i in nums'range loop
            sum := sum + nums(i);
        end loop;
        report "sum: " & integer'image(sum);

        -- Using index and value
        for i in nums'range loop
            if nums(i) = 3 then
                report "index: " & integer'image(i);
            end if;
        end loop;

        -- Map equivalent in VHDL (array of records)
        type kv is record
            key : string(1 to 1);
            value : string(1 to 6);
        end record;

        type kv_array is array (0 to 1) of kv;

        constant kvs : kv_array := ( (key => "a", value => "apple"), (key => "b", value => "banana") );

        -- Iterating over key/value pairs
        for j in kvs'range loop
            report kvs(j).key & " -> " & kvs(j).value;
        end loop;

        -- Iterating over keys only
        for j in kvs'range loop
            report "key: " & kvs(j).key;
        end loop;

        -- Iterating over string in VHDL
        constant str : string := "go";
        for i in str'range loop
            report integer'image(i) & " " & integer'image(character'pos(str(i)));
        end loop;

        wait;
    end process;
end Behavioral;

To run this example, save the code in a file, compile it, and see the output using your VHDL simulation tools.

# If using GHDL, for instance:
$ ghdl -a range_example.vhdl
$ ghdl -e range_example
$ ghdl -r range_example
sum: 9
index: 1
a -> apple
b -> banana
key: a
key: b
1 103
2 111

In the above code, we follow the VHDL syntax and conventions to achieve similar functionalities described in the initial code example.

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Example: Range over Built-in Types

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Example: Range over Built-in Types