Abstract
The aims of this chapter are to look at the facilities found in Fortran provided by modules, in particular:
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The use of a module to aid in the consistent definition of precision throughout a program and subprograms.
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The use of modules for global data .
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The use of modules for derived data types.
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Modules containing procedures
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A module for timing programs
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Public, private and protected attributes
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The use statement and its extensions
Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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Chivers, I., Sleightholme, J. (2015). Modules. In: Introduction to Programming with Fortran. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17701-4_21
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