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From: CURLEY@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU ("Curley, Robert F.")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: FORTRAN singularity
Message-ID: <8802070438.AA28936@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 24 Jan 88 00:07:00 GMT
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I tripped over the following this week (VMS 4.6, FORTRAN 4.71-271)
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$TYPE TEST.FOR
	CHARACTER*8 RED
	RED = ''
	END

$ FORTRAN TEST
%FORT-E-ZERLENSTR, Zero-length string 
 	[RED = ''] in module TEST$MAIN at line 2
%FORT-F-MISSDEL, Missing operator or delimiter symbol 
 	[RED = ''] in module TEST$MAIN at line 2
%FORT-F-ENDNOOBJ, DRA7:[CURLEY.WORKING]TEST.FOR;1 completed with 2 diagnostics-
 object deleted
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Colorado TSC said that there are no zero length strings permitted in
FORTRAN.


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