Allocatable character variables in Fortran

Question

My code (stripped down to what I think is relevant for this question) is

PROGRAM test

IMPLICIT NONE

CHARACTER(len=37) input
CHARACTER(len=:), allocatable :         


        

Answer 1

With Absoft Fortran, this compiles (haven't run with it yet):

character,dimension(:),allocatable::Line_for_IO !Metcalf,Reid,Cohen p. 107, w/mods
if(allocated(Line_for_IO)) deallocate(Line_for_IO)
allocate(Line_for_IO(7*n+40))