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FORTRAN 77 Language Reference

Memory @

None of these functions are part of the FORTRAN 77 Standard.

Table 6-8 Memory Functions

Intrinsic Function 

Definition 

No. of Args 

Specific Name 

Argument Type 

Function Type 

Location 

Address of 

See Note (17).

1 

LOC AnyINTEGER*4 INTEGER*8

Allocate 

Allocate memory and return address. 

See Note (17).

1 

MALLOC MALLOC64 INTEGER*4 INTEGER*8INTEGER INTEGER*8

Deallocate 

Deallocate memory allocated by MALLOC. See Note (17).

1 

FREE Any -

Size 

Return the size of the argument in bytes. 

See Note (18).

1 

SIZEOF

Any expression

INTEGER

Although malloc and free are not, strictly speaking, intrinsics, they are listed here and in the Fortran Library Reference.