119. Internal write to character variable too small to hold output causes run-time error.

topic: Character variables

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A character variable can be assigned to a character variable with smaller or larger LEN, resulting in padding with blanks or truncation, but an internal write to a character variable that is too small to hold the output will cause a run-time error.

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A character variable can be assigned to a character variable with smaller or larger LEN, resulting in padding with blanks or truncation, but an internal write to a character variable that is too small to hold the output will cause a run-time error. pic.twitter.com/4wW4hTYTHS

— FortranTip (@fortrantip) February 11, 2022

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