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8.140 KIND — Kind of an entity

Description:
KIND(X) returns the kind value of the entity X.
Standard:
Fortran 95 and later
Class:
Inquiry function
Syntax:
K = KIND(X)
Arguments:

X Shall be of type LOGICAL, INTEGER, REAL, COMPLEX or CHARACTER.

Return value:
The return value is a scalar of type INTEGER and of the default integer kind.
Example:
          program test_kind
            integer,parameter :: kc = kind(' ')
            integer,parameter :: kl = kind(.true.)
          
            print *, "The default character kind is ", kc
            print *, "The default logical kind is ", kl
          end program test_kind