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─────Assignment (Computational)─────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     Action
 
     Evaluates an expression and assigns the result to the specified
     variable.
 
     Syntax
 
     variable = expression
 
     Parameter          Description
 
     variable           A variable, array, array-element, or
                        structure-element
                        reference
 
     expression         Any expression
 
     Remarks
 
     The variable and expression types must be compatible. If the types
     are not identical, the data type of <expression> is converted to
     the data type of <variable>.
 
     Logical expressions of any byte size can be assigned to logical
     variables of any byte size without changing the value of
     <expression>.
 
     Examples
 
     The following program demonstrates assignment statements:
 
           REAL         a, b, c
           LOGICAL    abigger
           CHARACTER*5  assertion
 
           c = .01
           a = SQRT (c)
           b = c**2
 
           assertion = 'a > b'
           abigger   = (a .GT. b)
 
           WRITE (*, 100) a, b
       100 FORMAT (' a =', F7.4, '    b =', F7.4)
 
           IF (abigger) THEN
               WRITE (*, *) assertion, ' is true.'
               ELSE
               WRITE (*, *) assertion, ' is false.'
           END IF
           END
 
     The program above has the following output:
 
     a =  .1000    b =  .0001
     a > b is true.
 
     The following fragment demonstrates legal and illegal assignment
     statements:
 
           INTEGER  i, int
           REAL  rone(4), rtwo(4), x, y
           COMPLEX  z      CHARACTER  char6*6, char8*8
 
           i       =  4
           x       =  2.0
           z       = (3.0, 4.0)
           rone(1) =  4.0
           rone(2) =  3.0
           rone(3) =  2.0
           rone(4) =  1.0
           char8   = 'Hello,'
 
     C     The following assignment statements are legal:
           i     = rone(2)
           int   = rone(i)
           int   = x
           y     = x
           y     = z
           y     = rone(3)
           rtwo  = rone
           rtwo  = 4.7
           char6 = char8
 
     C     The following assignment statements are illegal:
           char6 = x + 1.0
           int   = char8//'test'
           y     = rone
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