I have function that returns an array, say
function f(A)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: A(5)
real, intent(out) :: f(5)
f = A+1
end
My question is, how can I define f in the main program unit? E.g.
program main
implicit none
real :: A(5)
real, dimension(5), external :: f ! does not work
...
end
You need an explicit interface. You can do this in a few ways.
Explicitly in the scoping unit that calls f:
interface
function f(A)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: A(5)
real :: f(5)
end function
end interface
Place the function in your program host scope as an internal function:
program main
...
contains
function f(A)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: A(5)
real :: f(5)
f = A+1
end
end program
Place the function in a module:
module A
contains
function f(A)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: A(5)
real :: f(5)
f = A+1
end
end module
program main
use A
...
end program
Use the explicit interface from a different procedure with the same arguments and return type, kind and rank.
program main
interface
function r5i_r5o(r5)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: r5(5)
real :: r5i_r5o(5)
end function
end interface
procedure(r5i_r5o) :: f
...
end program
function f(A)
implicit none
real, intent(in) :: A(5)
real :: f(5)
f = A+1
end
The cleanest way of doing this is option #3 using modules. This gives you the benefit of an automatic explicit interface (not needing to do option #1 everywhere you call f) and makes your function available everywhere the module is used rather than limited to a specific scoping unit as in option #2. Option #4 can be handy if you have many procedures with the same argument and return types since one explicit interface can be re-used for all of them.
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