A Textbook on Fortran, 2003

by Subrata Ray

Designed for beginners, A Textbook on Fortran, is ideal for those who have not been exposed to the earlier versions of the language, whilst offering new features for the more experienced. Offering complete examples of Fortran programs as illustrations, the book provides tips for writing efficient and readable programs and includes recent additions to the standard features of the language, such as Array Handling Intrinsics, Enhancement in Dynamic Memory Management, IEEE Arithmetic Modules, Variable Length Strings and many other new features of the language.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• Arithmetic Operators
• Branch Statements
• Loop
• Double Precision Numbers
• Complex Numbers
• Logicals
• Character Handling
• IMPLICIT Statement
• KIND
• Arrays
• Array Handling Intrinsics
• Initialization and Location Sharing
• User Defined Types
• Library Functions
• Format Statements
• Binary, Octal and Hex Numbers
• The Fortran Numerical Model
• Subprograms
• IEEE Arithmetic and Exceptions
• Dynamic Memory Management
• String with Variable Length
• Handling of Bits
• External Files
• Interoperability between Fortran and C
• Miscellaneous Instructions
• Miscellaneous System Functions
• ASCII Character Set
• Executable and Non-Executable Statements
• Library Functions (Intrinsics)
• Order and Execution Sequence
• Type of Operands and the Result of Intrinsic Operations
• Priority of Operators
• Statements Allowed in Scoping Units
• References
• Index.

500 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2008