From: Ragu on 1 Apr 2010 15:55 > My main point is that you don't need pointers for any one way of > accessing the data. You only need pointers if you are accessing it via > two different routes. That's pretty much one of the most fundamental > differences between pointers and allocatables. There are some other > cases, but that's a biggie. Thanks again. I see your point and agree that I do not need pointers. Somehow I lost the big picture while trying to sort out the syntax. A terrible oversight. I am comfortable with allocatable arrays and derived types. Will proceed per your suggestion.
From: Richard Maine on 1 Apr 2010 17:12
Ragu <ssragunath(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Somehow I lost the big picture while trying to sort out the syntax. That is very, very common. Glad to have been of help. -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain |