Chapter 3 Data types and data objects

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Intrinsic data types

Type declaration for intrinsic types
Implicit typing
Constants
Character substrings
Character strings as automatic data objects

Derived types

Defining a derived type
Sequence derived type
Structure component
Declaring a derived type-object
Structure constructor
Alignment of derived-type objects
A derived-type example

Pointers

Pointer association status

This chapter describes how data is represented and stored in HP Fortran programs, and includes the following topics:

“Intrinsic data types”
“Derived types”
“Pointers”

Arrays are described in Chapter 4 “Arrays”. The RECORD and STRUCTURE statements—HP Fortran extensions—are fully described in Chapter 10, “HP Fortran Statements.” Intrinsics procedures are described in Chapter 11 “Intrinsic procedures”.

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