224. Ways of declaring character variables

topic: Data types

Note

This tip is a draft1.

The code

character(5) :: a, b, c*3

declares two character variables of length 5 and one of length 3, but clearer is

character(5) :: a, b character(3) :: c

or

character(len=5) :: a, b character(len=3) :: c

or

character :: a5, b5, c*3

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The code

character(5) :: a, b, c*3

declares two character variables of length 5 and one of length 3, but clearer is

character(5) :: a, b
character(3) :: c

or

character(len=5) :: a, b
character(len=3) :: c

or

character :: a*5, b*5, c*3

— FortranTip (@fortrantip) May 25, 2022

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