Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 3/31/2023
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Implicit Typing Rules

By default, all variables, named constants, and functions with names beginning with I, J, K, L, M, or N are assumed to be of default integer type. Variables, named constants, and functions with names beginning with any other letter are assumed to be of default real type. For example:

Real Variables

Integer Variables

ALPHA

JCOUNT

BETA

ITEM_1

TOTAL_NUM

NTOTAL

Names beginning with a dollar sign ($) are implicitly INTEGER.

You can override the default data type implied in a name by specifying data type in either an IMPLICIT statement or a type declaration statement.