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VARIANT

Syntax:

!% VARIANT [:] [:] <symbol> [ , <symbol> ... ] !% VARIANT [:] [:] <string> [ , <string> ... ]

Function:

Specifies that the named sub-program argument is of variant data type. FPT uses this information in the argument consistency check (please see CHECK ARGUMENTS). The named objects are assumed to be variant in data size and data type, and these checks are suspended for them.

Names which contain exotic characters such as "%", ":" or "#" (which are all legal on some systems) must be written as quoted strings.

The % VARIANT command must be written in code within the scope of declaration of the variable. It is introduced by a comment delimiter in column 1 and the character % in column 2.

Where to use this command:

Operating system command line	No
Configuration file, config.fsp	No
Specification (FSP) files, *.fsp	No
Interactively, to FPT> prompt:	No
Interactive command files	No
Embedded in the Fortran code	Yes

Default:

Not variant.

Example:

SUBROUTINE HEXDUMP(VAL,ICOUNT) INTEGER*4 VAL ! Bytes to be dumped as HEX INTEGER*4 ICOUNT ! Number of bytes !% VARIANT :: VAL

See also:

CHECK ARGUMENTS