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

SEE ALSO

get_command(3i), get_command_argument(3i), get_environment_variable(3i)