Problem with Selected_Real_Kind

[Tim Prince]

RadSurfer wrote:
> 1 program test
> 2   implicit none
> 3
> 4   integer x
> 5   logical, dimension(3) :: a
> 6   real, parameter :: DP=selected_real_kind(9,99)
> 7   real (kind(dp)) :: u,v,w;
> 8
> 9   u = 2 * 3.1415_DP
> 10
> 11   write(*,*) 3.1415_(kind(dp))
> 12   write(*,*) 3.1415_DP
> 13
> 14 end program test
> 
> line 7 seems to differ from syntax most books suggest,
> also
> why is line 9 rejected?  I have tried DOZENS of different possibilities
> and it appears gfortran does not permit what most fortran books and
> online references say should work!  What gives here?
> 
> RadSurfer@yahoo.com
> 
> //Rich//
> 
> 
Chances are your compiler considers dp and DP to be the same.
Line 6 doesn't make much sense, as KIND values are integer, and setting 
DP as a default real surely conflicts with your lines 9 and 12 and 
should cause the compiler to find errors there.
Line 7, if it works, declares default real kind (the same kind you set 
for DP).
line 11, of course, shows a context where the KIND intrinsic should not 
be accepted.