PARAMETER use within FORMAT statements

[Steve Kargl]

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


-- 
Steve