8.139 KIND — Kind of an entity

Description:

KIND(X) returns the kind value of the entity X.

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later

Class:

Inquiry function

Syntax:

K = KIND(X)

Arguments:

X	Shall be of type LOGICAL, INTEGER, REAL, COMPLEX or CHARACTER.

Return value:

The return value is a scalar of type INTEGER and of the default integer kind.

Example:

          program test_kind
            integer,parameter :: kc = kind(' ')
            integer,parameter :: kl = kind(.true.)
          
            print *, "The default character kind is ", kc
            print *, "The default logical kind is ", kl
          end program test_kind