# 100. An INTENT(OUT) argument is undefined at the beginning of a procedure
topic: {ref}`procedures`
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A non-allocatable INTENT(OUT) dummy argument is undefined at the beginning of a procedure. Although most compilers will set it to the value of the actual argument, you should declare the argument
INTENT(IN OUT) to mandate this behavior.
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