Dynamic output format setting

Question

I tried to make the output format dynamically in the sense that the number of variables to be printed out could be varied dynamically. I had done some experiment with the fo

Answer 1

You don't need to supply exact number of values, indicating more is ok. The normal way is to use a large enough value, like

        '(a,999f9.4)'

in Fortran 2008 u can use the feature M.S.B. shows *999(f9.4).

If you need dynamic string for some other purpose, use the concatenation operator //.

Answer 2

Fortran recently added * as an unlimited format repeater. e.g., '( *(2X, F3.1) )' This is easier to use than a dynamic format.