HP Fortran Programmer's Reference (September 2007)

HP Fortran statements

VIRTUAL (extension)

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VIRTUAL (extension)

Declares an array.

Syntax

VIRTUAL

array-declarator-list

is a comma-separated list of array declarators.

Description

The VIRTUAL statement is an HP extension in HP Fortran for compatibility with earlier

versions of Fortran. It is an alternative to the DIMENSION statement. VIRTUAL cannot be used

as an attribute in type declaration statements.

Examples

VIRTUAL A(10), B(1:5,2:6)

Related statements

DIMENSION

Related concepts

Arrays are discussed in Chapter 3, “Arrays,” on page 55.