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From: pfennige@uni2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: FLOAT <-> CHARACTER
Message-ID: <565@uni2a.unige.ch>
Date: 15 Jun 90 08:54:48 GMT
References: <waRt4sW00WB4QGKEw4@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <waRt4sW00WB4QGKEw4@andrew.cmu.edu>, jy0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jules Andrew Yasuna) writes:
> Does anyone have access to subroutines/functions which will
> convert floating point variables to and from character variables.
> The essence of such a code is not all too involved { INDEX(), CHAR(),
> ICHAR(), etc. along with some knowledege os ASCII codes } yet
> implementation, namely bookeeping, tends to be quite tedious.
> 
> If anyone has developed such routines (personal or Public Domain) and
> is willing to share them, I would be most grateful !!
> 
        These possibilities are included in Fortran:
------------
        character*15 cnumber
        real x
        ...
c   conversion real -> character
        x = 1.23456
        write(cnumber,*) x
        ...
c   conversion character -> real
        cnumber = '9.87654'
        read (cnumber,*) x
        ...
-------------
The * can be replaced by any FORMAT of course.  

	Dan