[Rd] fortan common block

Sharpie chuck at sharpsteen.net
Sun May 8 03:09:18 CEST 2011


Paul Gilbert wrote:
> 
> Is it possible in R to call a fortran routine that sets variables in a
> common block and expect the values to persist when a call is made from R
> to a second routine that uses the common block?
> 
> If not (as I suspect),  is it possible to use a common block in a group of
> routines that are used together, for as long the routines do not return to
> R?
> 
> Paul
> 

Don't see why not--should be pretty easy to test. Personally, I would use
variables in a Fortran 90 module over a common block.

-Charlie

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Humboldt State University
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