IARGC — Get the number of command line arguments

Description

IARGC returns the number of arguments passed on the command line when the containing program was invoked.

This intrinsic routine is provided for backwards compatibility with GNU Fortran 77. In new code, programmers should consider the use of the COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT intrinsic defined by the Fortran 2003 standard.

Syntax

RESULT = IARGC()

Arguments

None.

Return value

The number of command line arguments, type INTEGER(4).

Example

See GETARG

Standard

GNU extension

Class

Function

See also

GNU Fortran 77 compatibility subroutine: GETARG

Fortran 2003 functions and subroutines: GET_COMMAND, GET_COMMAND_ARGUMENT, COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT