LOC — Returns the address of a variable

Description

LOC(X) returns the address of X as an integer.

Syntax

RESULT = LOC(X)

Arguments

X Variable of any type.

Return value

The return value is of type INTEGER, with a KIND corresponding to the size (in bytes) of a memory address on the target machine.

Example


program test_loc
  integer :: i
  real :: r
  i = loc(r)
  print *, i
end program test_loc

Standard

GNU extension

Class

Inquiry function