Type Conversion

Table 6-2 Type Conversion Functions

Conversion to	No. of Args	Generic Name	Specific   Names	Argument Type	Function Type
INTEGER See Note (1).	1	INT	- INT IFIX IDINT - - - IQINT @	INTEGER REAL REAL DOUBLE COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32 REAL*16	INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER
REAL See Note (2).	1	REAL	REAL FLOAT - SNGL SNGLQ @ - - -	INTEGER INTEGER REAL DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL REAL
DOUBLE See Note (3).	1	DBLE	DBLE DFLOAT DREAL @ DBLEQ @ - - - -	INTEGER INTEGER REAL DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION DOUBLE PRECISION
REAL*16 See Note (3').	1	QREAL@ QEXT @	QREAL @ QFLOAT @ - QEXT @ QEXTD @ - - - -	INTEGER INTEGER REAL INTEGER DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16 REAL*16
COMPLEX See Notes (4) and (8).	1 or 2	CMPLX	- - - - - - -	INTEGER REAL DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	COMPLEX COMPLEX COMPLEX COMPLEX COMPLEX COMPLEX COMPLEX
DOUBLE COMPLEX See Note (8).	1 or 2	DCMPLX@	- - - - - - -	INTEGER REAL DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX DOUBLE COMPLEX
COMPLEX*32 See Note (8).	1 or 2	QCMPLX@	- - - - - - -	INTEGER REAL DOUBLE REAL*16 COMPLEX COMPLEX*16 COMPLEX*32	COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32 COMPLEX*32
INTEGER See Note (5).	1	- -	ICHAR IACHAR @	CHARACTER	INTEGER
CHARACTER See Note (5).	1	- -	CHAR ACHAR @	INTEGER	CHARACTER

On an ASCII machine, including Sun systems:

• ACHAR is a nonstandard synonym for CHAR

• IACHAR is a nonstandard synonym for ICHAR

On a non-ASCII machine, ACHAR and IACHAR were intended to provide a way to deal directly with ASCII.