BUG: Assumed-Length Character Assignment Error

Last reviewed: February 29, 1996
Article ID: Q147751

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Attempting to assign an assumed-length character function to a character variable causes one of the following compile-time error messages to be displayed:

For FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 1.0 for Windows NT:

   error F2618: cannot use CHARACTER *(*) function

For FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 4.0:

   error FOR3020: reference to CHARACTER function with assumed length

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Sample Code to Illustrate Problem

C Compile options needed: none

      subroutine work(f)
      character*(*)f
      character*10 ch
      ch=f()            ! compiler error generated here.
      end

Additional reference words: 1.00 4.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: FORTLngIss

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Last reviewed: February 29, 1996
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