Re: Does this string processing work for you?

Arjen Markus wrote: 
The only thing I am not sure about is whether the count is guaranteed
to be available by the standard

It isn't. Heck, you could probably assume that based solely on who posted it, but citing the standard also works. :-)

See item (2) of 9.10.1 of f2003. Notably the "all do-variables... become undefined" bit. You basically can't count on anything in the I/O list when an error occurs on input. I can certainly imagine many implementations where n would end up with various other values here (size(v)+1 is an obvious one).

Yes, I have been bitten by assumptions exactly like this... except that it has been a long time because I stopped assuming this after I got bit once. See signature.

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