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Manual Reference Pages  - aton (3m_strings)

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NAME

aton(3f) - [M_strings:TYPE] function returns argument as a numeric value from a string (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Returns
Examples
Author
License

SYNOPSIS

logical function aton(str,val[,msg])

    character(len=*),intent(in)              :: str
    type(TYPE(kind=KIND)),intent(out)        :: val
    character(len=:),allocatable,intent(out) :: msg

DESCRIPTION

This function converts a string to a numeric value.

OPTIONS

str	holds string assumed to represent a numeric value
val	returned value. May be REAL or INTEGER.
msg	message describing error when ATON returns .false.

RETURNS

aton	[char46]true. if the conversion was successful, .false. otherwise

EXAMPLES

Sample Program:

     program demo_aton

      use M_strings, only: aton
      implicit none
      character(len=14),allocatable :: strings(:)
      doubleprecision               :: dv
      integer                       :: iv
      real                          :: rv
      integer                       :: i

      ! different strings representing INTEGER, REAL, and DOUBLEPRECISION
      strings=[&
      &’ 10.345       ’,&
      &’+10           ’,&
      &’    -3        ’,&
      &’    -4.94e-2  ’,&
      &’0.1           ’,&
      &’12345.678910d0’,&
      &’              ’,& ! Note: will return zero without an error message
      &’1 2 1 2 1 . 0 ’,& ! Note: spaces will be ignored
      &’WHAT?         ’]  ! Note: error messages will appear, zero returned

      do i=1,size(strings)
         write(*,’(a)’,advance=’no’)’STRING:’,strings(i)
         if(aton(strings(i),iv)) write(*,’(g0)’,advance=’no’)’:INTEGER ’,iv
         if(aton(strings(i),rv)) write(*,’(g0)’,advance=’no’)’:INTEGER ’,rv
         if(aton(strings(i),dv)) write(*,’(g0)’,advance=’no’)’:INTEGER ’,dv
      enddo

      end program demo_aton

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

LICENSE

Public Domain

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Nemo Release 3.1

aton (3m_strings)

January 10, 2025

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