7.189 SELECTED_CHAR_KIND — Choose character kind

Description:

SELECTED_CHAR_KIND(NAME) returns the kind value for the character set named NAME, if a character set with such a name is supported, or -1 otherwise. Currently, supported character sets include “ASCII” and “DEFAULT”, which are equivalent.

Standard:

Fortran 2003 and later

Class:

Transformational function

Syntax:

RESULT = SELECTED_CHAR_KIND(NAME)

Arguments:

NAME	Shall be a scalar and of the default character type.

Example:

          program ascii_kind
            integer,parameter :: ascii = selected_char_kind("ascii")
            character(kind=ascii, len=26) :: s
          
            s = ascii_"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
            print *, s
          end program ascii_kind