8.234 RANK — Rank of a data object

Synopsis:

RESULT = RANK(A)

Description:

RANK(A) returns the rank of a scalar or array data object.

Class:

Inquiry function

Arguments:
Acan be of any type
Return value:

The return value is of type INTEGER and of the default integer kind. For arrays, their rank is returned; for scalars zero is returned.

Example:
program test_rank
  integer :: a
  real, allocatable :: b(:,:)

  print *, rank(a), rank(b) ! Prints:  0  2
end program test_rank
Standard:

Technical Specification (TS) 29113