non-character command line arguments

[jft27]

Hi there,
I'm trying to get an integer and a real into my program and the best way would be through a command line argument.
The routines for getting arguments give a character string out.

I've tried doing an internal read of the form

read(argument, fmt ='(i0)') integerargument

but that didn't seem to work.

Can anyone give me a clue how to do this... or even if it's possible.

Thanks
Jeremy

[joseph-krahn]

The easiest way is simply to use free format:

read(argument, fmt=*) integerargument

I think the vairable-width format 'I0' is only valid for output.

[jft27]

fantastic, thanks a lot! Why didn't I think of that?
Jeremy