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<h3 class="section">8.212 <code>SELECTED_INT_KIND</code> — Choose integer kind</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:<dd><code>SELECTED_INT_KIND(R)</code> return the kind value of the smallest integer
type that can represent all values ranging from -10^R (exclusive)
to 10^R (exclusive). If there is no integer kind that accommodates
this range, <code>SELECTED_INT_KIND</code> returns -1.
<br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 95 and later
<br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Transformational function
<br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = SELECTED_INT_KIND(R)</code>
<br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd>
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>R</var> </td><td valign="top" width="70%">Shall be a scalar and of type <code>INTEGER</code>.
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<br><dt><em>Example</em>:<dd>
<pre class="smallexample"> program large_integers
integer,parameter :: k5 = selected_int_kind(5)
integer,parameter :: k15 = selected_int_kind(15)
integer(kind=k5) :: i5
integer(kind=k15) :: i15
print *, huge(i5), huge(i15)
! The following inequalities are always true
print *, huge(i5) >= 10_k5**5-1
print *, huge(i15) >= 10_k15**15-1
end program large_integers
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