Re: Unsigned Integers and Fortran

"Dan Nagle" <dannagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

robin wrote:
"glen herrmannsfeldt" <gah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In Fortran, one might read in data as integers of the
SELECTED_INT_KIND(2),

Not guaranteed to give a byte.

CHARACTER of length 1 is the best bet.

Not guaranteed to give a byte.

It has, for longer and on more systems than SELECTED_INT_KIND(2).

To be sure, some computers had only words. Most are long since gone.
The PC predominates.



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