Manual Reference Pages - command_argument_count (3)

NAME

command_argument_count(3f) - [FORTRAN:INTRINSIC:SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT] Get number of command line arguments

SYNTAX

result = command_argument_count()
     integer :: result

DESCRIPTION

command_argument_count returns the number of arguments passed on the command line when the containing program was invoked.

ARGUMENTS

None

RETURN VALUE

RESULT The return value is of type default integer. It is the number of arguments passed on the command line when the program was invoked.

EXAMPLE

Sample program:

program demo_command_argument_count implicit none integer :: count count = command_argument_count() print *, count end program demo_command_argument_count

Sample output:

# the command verb does not count ./test_command_argument_count 0 # quoted strings may count as one argument ./test_command_argument_count count arguments 2 ./test_command_argument_count ’count arguments’ 1

STANDARD

[[Fortran 2003]] and later

CLASS

[[Inquiry function]]

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