kind

Date:

10-12-2011

NAME

KIND - Returns the value of the kind type parameter of x

SYNOPSIS

KIND ([X=]x)

IMPLEMENTATION

Cray Linux Environment (CLE)

STANDARDS

Fortran

DESCRIPTION

The KIND intrinsic function returns the value of the kind type parameter of x. It maps variable space into kind values, and it accepts the following argument:

x

May be of any intrinsic type

KIND is an inquiry function. The name of this intrinsic cannot be passed as an argument.

RETURN VALUES

The result is a default integer scalar value with a value equal to the kind type parameter value of x.

EXAMPLES

KIND(0.0) has the kind type parameter value of default real.