[R] ALLOCATE in a FORTRAN subroutine

[Berend Hasselman]

> On 3 Mar 2016, at 13:57, MAURICE Jean - externe <jean-externe.maurice at edf.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I am 'translating' R functions in FORTRAN subroutines.
> 
> Very often, an R function gives an  'array' as result and you don't have to bother with the dimension of the array : R creates automatically an array with the good length. It's not really the case with FORTRAN.
> 
> Until now, I create an array with the 'max' dimensions in R, give it to FORTRAN; FORTRAN updates the array and R retrieves it. But calculating the 'max' before calling the FORTRAN subroutine can be complicated. Is it possible to create a 'new' array in a FORTRAN subroutine and to make it be read by R ? In my humble opinion, the answer is NO but as I am new to R ...
> 
> The other solution, is to work with dummies dimension in FORTRAN but can R work with that ?
> 

The question belongs on the R-devel mailinglist.

I do not think you can do what you describe, if I read your question correctly.
You are calling your Fortran routines directly from an R file with .Fortran, I presume?

Your other solution: I don't really understand what you are implying.
Declare them with (:,:) or (*,*), allocate and the return the array? A Fortran95 pointer?
I think  all of that is just a no no.

Is it possible to calculate the required size of the array in a separate routine given some parameters (as can often be done with Lapack routines) before calling the main subroutine?
If so, call the sizing routine and then declare the correctly sized array in your R code and pass it to the main subroutine.

Berend

> TIA
> Jean
> 
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