194. Use PACK to select records from an array of derived types.#

topic: Derived types

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This tip is a draft1.

With an array of derived types, you can use PACK with a MASK on type components to select records, for example

type :: t integer year, month, day real x end type t

type(t) :: d(1000) print*,pack(d, d%month==3) ! data for March @carbon_app



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