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Manual Reference Pages  - select (7fortran)

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NAME

select(7f) - [EXECUTION CONTROL] select a block based on a value, type, or rank

SYNOPSIS

See SELECT_CASE, SELECT_RANK, or SELECT_TYPE

DESCRIPTION

A SELECT CASE may be used to select and execute a block of statements based on a value somewhat like a special case of IF/ELSEIF/ELSE/ENDIF.

A SELECT RANK selects code to execute conditionally based on the RANK of a array in a polymorphic procedure.

Similarly a A SELECT TYPE selects code to execute conditionally based on the TYPE of a value passed to a procedure.

For further details see the specific documentation in the topics SELECT_CASE, SELECT_RANK, and SELECT_TYPE.

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