195. TRANSFER can be used to store one type in another type.

topic: Data types

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The TRANSFER function interprets the bits of one type as another type. One use is to copy data from a derived type to an array or the reverse. An int64 can be stored in a real64 with full precision until it is TRANSFERred back, as can a character(len=8).

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The TRANSFER function interprets the bits of one type as another type. One use is to copy data from a derived type to an array or the reverse. An int64 can be stored in a real64 with full precision until it is TRANSFERred back, as can a character(len=8).pic.twitter.com/dk7WjMWWuD

— FortranTip (@fortrantip) April 19, 2022

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