Microsoft KB Archive/108462

= FIX: Concatenation in Parentheses Produces Blank Output =

PSS ID Number: 108462

Article Last Modified on 3/24/2000

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q108462



SYMPTOMS
Concatenation in assignment statements fail when the character expression is surrounded by parentheses. The result is a blank string.



RESOLUTION
Because parentheses have no affect on the results of expressions involving concatenation, do not use parentheses when performing string concatenation.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0 for MS-DOS. This problem has been resolved with FORTRAN PowerStation maintenance release version 1.0a for MS-DOS.



MORE INFORMATION
FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0 can be differentiated from the maintenance release version 1.0a by invoking the linker. Typing link32 | more from \F32\BIN directory will show version 2.8 for FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.0, and it will show version 1.0f for the maintenance release version 1.0a.

To reproduce the problem create a program using the sample code When run, the sample code below displays the following:

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Sample Code
Compile options: None character a*4,b*4,c*8,d*8 a = "cat" b = "dogs" c = a//b d = (a//b) print *, "<",c,"> <",d,">" end

Additional query words: buglist1.00 fixlist1.00a

Keywords: kbbug KB108462

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower100DOS kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword3

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