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<h3 class="section">9.229 <code>SELECTED_CHAR_KIND</code> &mdash; Choose character kind</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
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<p><code>SELECTED_CHAR_KIND(NAME)</code> returns the kind value for the character
set named <var>NAME</var>, if a character set with such a name is supported,
or <em>-1</em> otherwise. Currently, supported character sets include
&ldquo;ASCII&rdquo; and &ldquo;DEFAULT&rdquo;, which are equivalent, and &ldquo;ISO_10646&rdquo;
(Universal Character Set, UCS-4) which is commonly known as Unicode.
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<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 2003 and later
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</dd>
<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Transformational function
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<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>RESULT = SELECTED_CHAR_KIND(NAME)</code>
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<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
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<tr><td width="15%"><var>NAME</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be a scalar and of the default character type.</td></tr>
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<pre class="smallexample">program character_kind
use iso_fortran_env
implicit none
integer, parameter :: ascii = selected_char_kind (&quot;ascii&quot;)
integer, parameter :: ucs4 = selected_char_kind ('ISO_10646')
character(kind=ascii, len=26) :: alphabet
character(kind=ucs4, len=30) :: hello_world
alphabet = ascii_&quot;abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&quot;
hello_world = ucs4_'Hello World and Ni Hao -- ' &amp;
// char (int (z'4F60'), ucs4) &amp;
// char (int (z'597D'), ucs4)
write (*,*) alphabet
open (output_unit, encoding='UTF-8')
write (*,*) trim (hello_world)
end program character_kind
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