118. Convert from strings to numbers and the reverse using internal READ and WRITE.

topic: Character variables

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This tip is a draft1.

Type conversion from strings to numbers and vice-versa is most commonly done with internal reads and writes. You can read from and write to a character variable as with a file. You cannot write to an unallocated deferred-length character variable.

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Type conversion from strings to numbers and vice-versa is most commonly done with internal reads and writes. You can read from and write to a character variable as with a file. You cannot write to an unallocated deferred-length character variable.pic.twitter.com/wE0gLrf41d

— FortranTip (@fortrantip) February 10, 2022

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