Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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KIND

Inquiry Intrinsic Function (Generic): Returns the kind parameter of the argument.

result = KIND (x)

x

(Input) Can be a data object of any intrinsic type. It may be an array or a scalar.

Results

The result is a scalar of type default integer. The result has a value equal to the kind type parameter value of x.

Example

KIND (0.0) has the kind value of default real type.

KIND (12) has the kind value of default integer type.

The following shows another example:

INTEGER i ! a 4-byte integer
WRITE(*,*) KIND(i)
CALL INTEGER2( )
WRITE(*,*) KIND(i)  ! still a 4-byte integer
                    ! not affected by setting in subroutine
END
SUBROUTINE INTEGER2( )
  !DIR$INTEGER:2
  INTEGER j ! a 2-byte integer
  WRITE(*,*) KIND(j)
END SUBROUTINE