FORTRAN Reference Manual

Statements

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RECORD Statement

The RECORD statement defines a data structure, which can include data of different

types.

record-name

is a symbolic name or array declarator

field-declaration

is either a data type declaration, an EQUIVALENCE statement, a record

declaration, or a FILLER * nnn where nnn is an unsigned integer constant in the

range of 1 through 255.

lower

is an integer expression that specifies the lower bound of a one-dimensional array.

upper

is an integer expression that specifies the upper bound of a one-dimensional array.

Considerations

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Observe the following restrictions in using the RECORD statement:

Start a RECORD declaration with the RECORD statement and end it with the

END RECORD statement.

You can nest RECORD declarations, up to 15 deep.

You can use an array in a RECORD or sub-RECORD, but the array can have

only one dimension.

You can declare a RECORD’s dimensions using a COMMON, DIMENSION, or

RECORD statement; but you can declare the RECORD’s dimensions only

once in a program unit.

You can equivalence RECORDs only to other RECORDs.

You cannot use a DATA statement to initialize RECORDs.

You cannot declare RECORDs in a BLOCK DATA subprogram.

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For additional information about the RECORD statement, see the Records on

page 2-20.

RECORD record-name [ ( [ lower:] upper) ]

[ field-declaration ]...

END RECORD