Alternate Forms of Boolean Constants

f90 allows a Boolean constant (octal, hexadecimal, or Hollerith) in the following alternate forms (no binary). Variables cannot be declared Boolean. Standard Fortran does not allow these forms.

Octal

ddddddB, where d is any octal digit

• You can use the letter B or b.

• There can be 1 to 11 octal digits (0 through 7).

• 11 octal digits represent a full 32-bit word, with the leftmost digit allowed to be 0, 1, 2, or 3.

• Each octal digit specifies three bit values.

• The last (rightmost) digit specifies the content of the rightmost three bit positions (bits 29, 30, and 31).

• If less than 11 digits are present, the value is right-justified--it represents the rightmost bits of a word: bits n through 31. The other bits are 0.

• Blanks are ignored.

Within an I/O format specification, the letter B indicates binary digits; elsewhere it indicates octal digits.

Hexadecimal

X'ddd' or X"ddd", where d is any hexadecimal digit

• There can be 1 to 8 hexadecimal digits (0 through 9, A-F).

• Any of the letters can be uppercase or lowercase (X, x, A-F, a-f).

• The digits must be enclosed in either apostrophes or quotes.

• Blanks are ignored.

• The hexadecimal digits may be preceded by a + or - sign.

• 8 hexadecimal digits represent a full 32-bit word and the binary equivalents correspond to the contents of each bit position in the 32-bit word.

• If less than 8 digits are present, the value is right-justified--it represents the rightmost bits of a word: bits n through 31. The other bits are 0.

Hollerith

Accepted forms for Hollerith data are:

Above, "..." is a string of characters and n is the character count.

• A Hollerith constant is type Boolean.

• If any character constant is in a bitwise logical expression, the expression is evaluated as Hollerith.

• A Hollerith constant can have 1 to 4 characters.

Examples: Octal and hexadecimal constants.

Examples: Octal and hexadecimal in assignment statements.

Use of an octal or hexadecimal constant in an arithmetic expression can produce undefined results and do not generate syntax errors.