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C Library Functions  - kind (3)

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NAME

KIND(3) - [KIND:INQUIRY] Query kind of an entity

SYNOPSIS

result = kind(x)

         integer function kind(x)

          type(TYPE(kind=**)),intent(in) :: x(..)

CHARACTERISTICS

o	X may be of any intrinsic type. It may be a scalar or an array.
o	the result is a default integer scalar

DESCRIPTION

KIND(X)(3) returns the kind value of the entity X.

OPTIONS

o	X : Value to query the kind of.

RESULT

The return value indicates the kind of the argument X.

Note that kinds are processor-dependent.

EXAMPLES

Sample program:

    program demo_kind
    implicit none
    integer,parameter :: dc = kind(’ ’)
    integer,parameter :: dl = kind(.true.)

       print *, "The default character kind is ", dc
       print *, "The default logical kind is ", dl

    end program demo_kind

Results:

        The default character kind is            1
        The default logical kind is            4

STANDARD

Fortran 95

SEE ALSO

o	ALLOCATED(3) - Status of an allocatable entity
o	IS_CONTIGUOUS(3) - test if object is contiguous
o	LBOUND(3) - Lower dimension bounds of an array
o	RANK(3) - Rank of a data object
o	SHAPE(3) - Determine the shape of an array
o	SIZE(3) - Determine the size of an array
o	UBOUND(3) - Upper dimension bounds of an array
o	BIT_SIZE(3) - Bit size inquiry function
o	STORAGE_SIZE(3) - Storage size in bits
o	KIND(3) - Kind of an entity

fortran-lang intrinsic descriptions (license: MIT) @urbanjost

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Nemo Release 3.1

kind (3)

July 22, 2023

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