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From: gary@cgdisis.cgd.ucar.edu (Gary Strand)
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Subject: Re: global data
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Date: 4 Jan 91 03:33:46 GMT
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> Tom Scavo

> Does anyone know how to make these PARAMETERs global so that subprograms
> have instant access to them, thereby obviating the need for all those
> arguments?  Common doesn't seem to work on PARAMETERs.

  Well, without knowing if your FORTRAN has this extension, try using
  "include" files, just like in C. That way, you only have to change
  them in one file, and 'make' will recompile all the programs that use
  it (ie, the include file).

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