Re: PARAMETER use within FORMAT statements

[Peter Willis <pwillis at aslenv dot com>]

Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:41:44AM -0700, Peter Willis wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a code format issue that I am attempting to work out
> > while converting some source to gfortran F90.
> >
> > I have PARAMETER 'm' which represents an integer.
> >
> > I have a READ statement that uses a format reference on line 100.
> >
> > READ(3,100,ERR=1000) ....
> >
> > The format statement has an issue whereby the original program
> > is inserting the PARAMETER 'm' as a record size into the FORMAT statement:
> >
> > 100 FORMAT(<m>F7.6)
> >
> > Is there a notation, compatible with gfortran F90, for doing this?
>
> This is an old extension, which probably goes back to DEC or older
> Fortran vendor
>
> See the following URL for a suggested fix.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Variable-FORMAT-expressions.html


Thank you, that's exactly the solution.

Peter