Fortran User's Guide

Intrinsics

f90 supports some intrinsic procedures which are extensions beyond the standard.

Table C-4 Nonstandard Intrinsics

 

 

  Type

 

 

Name 

Definition 

Function 

Arguments 

Arguments 

Notes 

CLOC

Get Fortran character descriptor (FCD)

Cray character pointer 

character 

([C=]c)

NP, I 

COT

Cotangent 

real 

real 

([X=]x)

P, E 

DDIM

Positive difference 

double precision 

double precision 

([X=]x,[Y=]y)

P, E 

FCD

Create Cray character pointer in Fortran character descriptor (FCD) format

Cray pointer 

i: integer    or Cray pointer 

j: integer 

([I=]i,[J=]j)

i: word address of first character 

j: character length 

NP, I 

LEADZ

Get the number of leading 0 bits 

integer 

Boolean, integer, real, or pointer 

([I=]i)

NP, I 

POPCNT

Get the number of set bits 

integer 

Boolean, integer, real, or pointer 

([I=]i)

NP, I 

POPPAR

Calculate bit population parity 

integer 

Boolean, integer, real, or pointer 

([X=]x)

NP, I 

Notes on the above table: 

P 

The name can be passed as an argument. 

NP 

The name cannot be passed as an argument. 

E 

External code for the intrinsic is called at run time. 

I 

f90 generates inline code for the intrinsic procedure.