CHARACTER

Syntax

CHARACTER

CHARACTER([KIND=] n)

CHARACTER*len

n	Is kind 1.
len	Is a string length (not a kind). For more information, see Declaration Statements for Character Types. If no kind type parameter is specified, the kind of the constant is default character.

Example

C

C Length of wt and vs is 10, city is 80, and ch is 1

C

CHARACTER wt*10, city*80, ch

CHARACTER (LEN = 10), PRIVATE :: vs

CHARACTER*(*) arg !declares a dummy argument

C name and plume are ten-element character arrays

C of length 20

CHARACTER name(10)*20

CHARACTER(len=20), dimension(10):: plume

C

C Length of susan, patty, and dotty are 2, alice is 12,

C jane is a 79-member array of length 2

C

CHARACTER(2) susan, patty, alice*12, dotty, jane(79)