Microsoft KB Archive/147751

= BUG: Assumed-Length Character Assignment Error =

PSS ID Number: 147751

Article Last Modified on 11/3/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q147751



SYMPTOMS
Attempting to assign an assumed-length character function to a character variable causes one of the following compile-time error messages to be displayed:

For FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 1.0 for Windows NT:

error F2618: cannot use CHARACTER *(*) function

For FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 4.0:

error FOR3020: reference to CHARACTER function with assumed length



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



Sample Code to Illustrate Problem
C Compile options needed: none

subroutine work(f) character*(*)f character*10 ch     ch=f            ! compiler error generated here. end

Additional query words: 1.00 4.00

Keywords: kbLangFortran KB147751

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower400NT kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword8

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