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<h4 class="subsection">6.1.2 Old-style variable initialization</h4>
<p>GNU Fortran allows old-style initialization of variables of the
form:
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<pre class="smallexample"> INTEGER i/1/,j/2/
REAL x(2,2) /3*0.,1./
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<p>The syntax for the initializers is as for the <code>DATA</code> statement, but
unlike in a <code>DATA</code> statement, an initializer only applies to the
variable immediately preceding the initialization. In other words,
something like <code>INTEGER I,J/2,3/</code> is not valid. This style of
initialization is only allowed in declarations without double colons
(<code>::</code>); the double colons were introduced in Fortran 90, which also
introduced a standard syntax for initializing variables in type
declarations.
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<p>Examples of standard-conforming code equivalent to the above example
are:
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<pre class="smallexample">! Fortran 90
INTEGER :: i = 1, j = 2
REAL :: x(2,2) = RESHAPE((/0.,0.,0.,1./),SHAPE(x))
! Fortran 77
INTEGER i, j
REAL x(2,2)
DATA i/1/, j/2/, x/3*0.,1./
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<p>Note that variables which are explicitly initialized in declarations
or in <code>DATA</code> statements automatically acquire the <code>SAVE</code>
attribute.
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