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This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the most important features of Fortran 2008. Features: presents a complete discussion of all the basic features needed to write complete Fortran programs; makes extensive use of examples and case studies to illustrate the practical use of features of Fortran 08, and supplies simple problems for the reader; provides a detailed exploration of control constructs, modules, procedures, arrays, character strings, data structures and derived types, pointer variables, and object-oriented programming; includes coverage of such major new features in Fortran 08 as coarrays, submodules, parameterized derived types, and derived-type input and output; highlights the topic of modules as the framework for organizing data and procedures for a Fortran program; investigates the excellent input/output facilities available in Fortran; contains appendices listing the many intrinsic procedures and providing a brief informal syntax specification for the language.

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Introduction to Programming in Fortran

Control Constructs

Modules and Procedures

Arrays

Character Data

Structures and Derived Types

IEEE Arithmetic and Exceptions

More about Modules and Procedures

Extending Fortran

Pointer and Allocatable Variables

Input and Output

Object-Oriented Programming

Coarrays

Appendix A: Intrinsic Procedures

Appendix B: Fortran Language Forms

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"This book, which could be used either as a textbook or a reference, covers the main aspects of Fortran 2008. ... The book is clearly written and has many examples, as well as longer case studies. ... it could be a useful reference for both students and professionals who use Fortran." (D. Bollman, Computing Reviews, December, 2015)

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Dr. Walter S. Brainerd is the owner of The Fortran Company and an author of the Springer references Guide to Fortran 2003 Programming, The Fortran 2003 Handbook and Programmer´s Guide to Fortran 90.

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