<html lang="en"> <head> <title>COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT - The GNU Fortran Compiler</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="The GNU Fortran Compiler"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures" title="Intrinsic Procedures"> <link rel="prev" href="CMPLX.html#CMPLX" title="CMPLX"> <link rel="next" href="COMPLEX.html#COMPLEX" title="COMPLEX"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being ``Funding Free Software'', the Front-Cover Texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. (a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is: A GNU Manual (b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT"></a> <a name="COMMAND_005fARGUMENT_005fCOUNT"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="COMPLEX.html#COMPLEX">COMPLEX</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="CMPLX.html#CMPLX">CMPLX</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Intrinsic-Procedures.html#Intrinsic-Procedures">Intrinsic Procedures</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">8.47 <code>COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT</code> — Get number of command line arguments</h3> <p><a name="index-COMMAND_005fARGUMENT_005fCOUNT-494"></a><a name="index-command_002dline-arguments-495"></a><a name="index-command_002dline-arguments_002c-number-of-496"></a><a name="index-arguments_002c-to-program-497"></a> <dl> <dt><em>Description</em>:<dd><code>COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT</code> returns the number of arguments passed on the command line when the containing program was invoked. <br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>Fortran 2003 and later <br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Inquiry function <br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd><code>RESULT = COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT()</code> <br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd> <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%">None <br></td></tr></table> <br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>The return value is an <code>INTEGER</code> of default kind. <br><dt><em>Example</em>:<dd> <pre class="smallexample"> program test_command_argument_count integer :: count count = command_argument_count() print *, count end program test_command_argument_count </pre> <br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="GET_005fCOMMAND.html#GET_005fCOMMAND">GET_COMMAND</a>, <a href="GET_005fCOMMAND_005fARGUMENT.html#GET_005fCOMMAND_005fARGUMENT">GET_COMMAND_ARGUMENT</a> </dl> </body></html>