Fixing type mis-matches

[kentdeeg]

I have, as an example, the following line of code: q = card( col )

the variable CARD is typed as CHAR*1; q is typed as INTEGER.
The compile barfed on this one. Does this tell me that the left side of an equation must match the right side?

My question; Can this diagnostic be "cleared' by adding the followin card images:

BYTE bfile( 72 ) then add EQUIVALENCE( CARD, BFILE )
with the corresponding initial statement q = BFILE( col )? Will that, in general, fix dthe mis-match diagnostic error message?

Thanks, kentdeeg

[Steven_L_Intel1]

There is conversion between numeric types, but not between numeric and character. (The Intel compiler also provides, as an extension, conversion between LOGICAL and numeric types).

Let me suggest instead that you write:

q = IACHAR(card(col)) This will do the conversion you want - IACHAR accepts a character as an argument and returns, as an integer, the position within the ASCII collating sequence, which is the effect you want.