Fortran 90 Programming

by Ellis, T.M.R.; Phillips, Ivor R.; Lahey, Thomas M.

• ISBN13: 9780201544466
• ISBN10: 0201544466
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Addison Wesley

Summary

Offering a clear tutorial guide to the new Fortran 90 language, this book highlights Fortran 90's role as a powerful tool for problem solving in engineering and science. Having been involved in the development of the new standard, the authors provide (as a bonus) an inside perspective on the design rationale behind the major features of Fortran 90.  

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction - six key questions

Fundamental Principles

First steps in Fortran 90 programming

Essential data handling

Basic building blocks

Controlling the flow of your program

Repeating parts of your program

An introduction to arrays

More control over input and output

Using files to preserve data Intermission - Developing and testing programs

Towards Real Programming

An introduction to numerical methods in Fortran 90 programs

More flexible procedures

Creating your own environment with modules

Array processing and matrix manipulation

Parameterized and other data types

Additional input/output and file handling facilities

Pointers and dynamic data structures

Global data through storage association

More about numerical methods Afterword - The Seven Golden Rules

Intrinsic functions

The rules for host and USE association

Statement order in Fortran 90

The ASCII Character Set

Obsolete features of Fortran 90

Glossary

Bibliography Answers to self-test exercises Answers to selected programming exercises

Index to programs and procedures

Index

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