Intel Fortran Language Reference - NCI National Facility

Intel Fortran Language Reference
explicit-shape array
An array whose rank and bounds are specified when the array is declared.
expression
A data reference or a computation formed from operators, operands, and parentheses. The result of
an expression is either a scalar value or an array of scalar values.
extension
See language extension.
extent
The size of (number of elements in) one dimension of an array.
external file
A sequence of records that exists in a medium external to the executing program.
external procedure
A procedure that is contained in an external subprogram. External procedures can be used to share
information (such as source files, common blocks, and public data in modules) and can be used
independently of other procedures and program units. Also called an external routine.
external subprogram
A subroutine or function that is not contained in a main program, module, or other subprogram. A
module is not a subprogram.
F
field
Can be either of the following:
• A set of contiguous characters, considered as a single item, in a record or line.
• A substructure of a STRUCTURE declaration.
field descriptor
See data edit descriptor.
field separator
The comma (,) or slash (/) that separates edit descriptors in a format specification.
field width
The total number of characters in the field. See also field, the first definition.
file
A collection of logically related records. If the file is in internal storage, it is an internal file; if the
file is on an input /output device, it is an external file.
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