INCLAN: intrinsics

The following functions can be used in FORTRAN-77 expressions in addition to the standard FORTRAN-77 intrinsic functions or anywhere on the command line in the form $function(parameter,parameter,...) if there are parameters or in the form $function without parameters. In the alphabetical list below, i and n denote integer expressions, and s and t denote character expressions. The result type of the function is given in parentheses.

cputime

CPU time in seconds since the start of the program (real)

date

current date in the form dd-mm-yy (character)

def(s)

does a variable with name s exist and have a value different from NULL? (logical)

exist(s)

does a variable with name s exist? (logical)

existfile(s)

does a file with name s exist? (logical)

external(s)

value of the external (i.e. non-local) variable with name s (even if it is hidden by a local variable with the same name), or a blank string if no external variable with this name exists. (character)

external(s,t)

value of the external (i.e. non-local) variable with name s (even if it is hidden by a local variable with the same name), or t if no external variable with this name exists. (character)

fitchisq

χ² value of the last linear least-squares fit (real)

fiterr(n)

standard deviation of the n-th fit parameter of the last linear least-squares fit (real)

fitpar(n)

optimal value of the n-th fit parameter of the last linear least-squares fit (real)

fitprob

probability that the χ² value of the lastlinear least-squares fit would be exceeded by chance (real)

getenv(s)

value of Unix environment variable with name s (character)

getpid

Unix PID of current process (integer)

global(s)

value of the global with name s (even if it is hidden by a local variable with the same name), or a blank string if no global variable with this name exists. (character)

global(s,t)

value of the global with name s (even if it is hidden by a local variable with the same name), or t if no global variable with this name exists. (character)

if(n,x1,x2)

argument x1 if the condition n is true, or x2 otherwise. The arguments x1 and x2 can have any type.

length(s)

number of elements of the variable with name s (integer)

lenstr(s)

length of string s (without trailing blanks) (integer)

macro(s)

does a macro with name s exist in the search path? (logical)

match(s,t)

does the string s match the string t? The string t may contain wildcards: an asterisk matches zero or more characters, and a question mark matches exactly one character. (logical)

mtime(s)

time of last modification (in seconds since a reference date) of the file with name s (integer)

opened(s)

is the file with name s open? (logical)

plotx0, ploty0, plotx1, ploty1

coordinates of the two reference points in the user coordinate system used for graphics (real)

rand

random number between 0 and 1 (real)

rand(i)

random number between 0 and 1, using seed i (real)

rand(i,n)

n-th random number between 0 and 1, using seed i (real)

time

current time in the form hh:mm:ss (character)

val(s)

value of the variable with name s, or a blank string if no variable with this name exists. (character)

val(s,t)

value of thevariable with name s, or t if no variable with this name exists. (character)

walltime

wallclock time in s since the start of the program (integer)