IARGCOUNT ()
Class: Inquiry function - Specific
Returns the count of actual arguments passed to the current
routine. The result is of type default integer. Functions with a
type of CHARACTER, COMPLEX(KIND=8), REAL(KIND=16), and
COMPLEX(KIND=16) have an extra argument added that is used to
return the function value.
Formal (dummy) arguments that can be omitted must be declared
VOLATILE.
Formal arguments of type CHARACTER cannot be omitted. Formal
arguments that are adjustable arrays cannot be omitted.
The standard way to pass and detect omitted arguments is to use the
Fortran 95 features of OPTIONAL arguments and the PRESENT intrinsic
function. Note that a declaration must be visible within the
calling routine.
The following example shows the IARGCOUNT intrinsic:
CALL SUB (A,B)
...
SUBROUTINE SUB (X,Y,Z)
VOLATILE Z
TYPE *, IARGCOUNT() ! Displays the value 2