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Numerical Modelling in Fortran: day 2

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functions and subrout<strong>in</strong>es<br />

• Useful for perform<strong>in</strong>g tasks that are<br />

performed more than once <strong>in</strong> a program<br />

and/or<br />

• Modularis<strong>in</strong>g (splitt<strong>in</strong>g up <strong>in</strong>to logical<br />

chunks) the code to make it more<br />

understandable<br />

• A function returns a value, a subrout<strong>in</strong>e<br />

doesn’t (except through chang<strong>in</strong>g its<br />

arguments)

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