command_argument_count

Date:: 09-12-2012

NAME

command_argument_count - Returns the number of command line arguments

SYNOPSIS

icmdargs = command_argument_count()

IMPLEMENTATION

Cray Linux Environment (CLE)

STANDARDS

Fortran 2008

DESCRIPTION

The command_argument_count intrinsic function returns the number of arguments passed to the application that calls this intrinsic. If no command line arguments were passed to the application, the intrinsic returns zero. The name of the application is not part of the returned argument count.

The icmdargs variable must be of default integer type.

EXAMPLES

The following example can be inserted into your application to return the number of arguments passed to your application:

program getcount
   integer icmdargs

   icmdargs = command_argument_count()

   print *,'number of command arguments =',icmdargs

end program