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USER GUIDE FOR FORTRAN 90/95

Chemical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University 2012

Course: ChE 352, Mathematical Modelling in Chemical Engineering

Instructor: Prof.Dr. Nevin Seluk

Assistant: Necip Berker ner

1) Introduction

FORTRAN is the oldest programming language, developed in 1957. It is renewed many times and the

latest version is FORTRAN 2008. FORTRAN set the foundations of scientific computing with the version 77

and it is still the most widely used scientific language, due to its computing speed and extensive libraries

on the internet (subprograms, see Chapter 7). This course will use the FORTRAN 95 edition, which is the

upgraded version of 77 and includes some extensions to the 90 version.

a) Execution of a Program

Execution involves several steps. After establishing an algorithm, the source code is written with a

text editor. Then compiler software translates the code into a machine code. Finally the code is

executed. For compiling we will use the Silverfrost Plato FTN95 Personal Edition software, which is free

and can be downloaded from:

http://www.silverfrost.com/32/ftn95/ftn95_personal_edition.aspx .

Another option is Force 2.0. But it is not compatible with some of the new pcs.

- Plato FTN95

This compiler can create different formats of file. The ones that we are going to use is the free

format files with .f95 extension. The old 77 format is named as the fixed format which restricts

the programmer with paragraphs at the beginning of each row and a maximum row length of 66

characters. The free format is like a text file with no paragraph requirement and a maximum row

length of 128 characters. Figure 1 shows the interface of the program.

b) Notes on Code Writing

Use spaces and indentation to make the code readable

Use explanations, or in programming terminology: comments (explained in chapter 3), to

make the code understandable.

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Figure 1. FTN95 Interface

Program Tab. Multiple tabs

can be opened.

Compiler Setup. Checkmate is the

default. Slower but safer.

Text code. Commands in blue, values and variables in black,

operative symbols in red and comments are in green.

The Build Toolbar. The first three buttons represent compile,

build and execute. Build function generates an .exe file,

which is a midstep between compiling and execution.

Execute button also automatically compiles.

Compiling log. Shows errors and warnings after compiling and

building.

Line and column numbers.

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2) General Code Layout

i) Program Name

ii) Type Declarations (Chapter 3)

iii) File Management (Chapter 8)

iv) Initialization & Input (Chapter 3)

v) Main Calculations

vi) Output (Chapter 8)

vii) End

viii) Subprograms & Functions (Chapter 7)

3) Types, Variables, Constants, Operators

a) Starting and ending the program

With the PROGRAM name command, the program starts. name is the given title of the

program. This command is not necessary. Its use can be seen in Figure 1. The code must be finalized

by END statement. In part d, an example is shown.

b) Variable Names

Composed of letters and/or digits and/or underscores,

No longer than 31 characters,

First character must be a letter,

Names are case insensitive!

c) Variable Types

There are 6 intrinsic1 types in FORTRAN, which are integer, real, double precision, complex, logical,

and character. The first four is important for us. These define the value of a variable. There are also

derived types and adjusted precision, which are out of the scope of this tutorial.

- Integer Type: stores values without decimals; for example :32, 49802,-9

- Real Type: stores values with 5 decimals, rounds the 6th decimal up or down; for example:

-45.23043

- Double Precision: stores values with 11 decimals; rounds the 12th decimal up or down for

example: -45.23043778221. (In this course always use DOUBLE PRECISION instead of REAL!)

- Character: stores a text instead of values; for example: root or root.

1 Anything which has pre-defined attributes in FORTRAN.

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These commands constitute the type decleration part. They are used as in the following context2:

INTEGER :: ITERATION, NUM

REAL :: RESULT, R_OLD DOUBLE PRECISION :: COEFFICIENT1, COEFFICIENT2 CHARACTER(LEN=5) :: LINE The LEN statement defines the maximum string length. Values may be given to these variables such as:

NUM = 1 R_OLD = 5.67 COEFFICIENT1 = 240.5 LINE = Mark Note that the character strings are written in quotes ( or ).

d) Implicit Statements and the PARAMETER Command

In FORTRAN all variables starting with i, j, k, l, m or n are considered as integer and the remaining is

real. To remove this intrinsic definition, one can write the following commands at any row of the code,

but preferentially at the beginning, after the PROGRAM statement:

IMPLICIT NONE IMPLICIT DOUBLE PRECISION (A-H,O-Z) The first code removes all available definitions. After this code type of every variable must be declared.

The second code shows an example of giving certain character intervals to a type of variables.

The PARAMETER command serve for defining the value of a constant. The command can be

placed above the type declaration block.

REAL, PARAMETER :: PI = 3.14159

e) Arithmetic Operations, Simple Input & Output

Basic operators are used as they are, such as +,-,* and /. But for exponentiation ** is used instead of

^. The mathematical precedence of the operators is important in FORTRAN since all equations are

written is a linear form. For example:

( )

corresponds to 4 * (3 + 7)-2**4/2, yields 4 * 10 16 / 2 and thus 32.

2 REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION can also be defined as REAL(KIND=1) and REAL(KIND=2). REAL(KIND=3) is another definition which allows 16 decimals, rounded after the 17th.

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For multiple exponentiations, there is an exception.

is written as 3**2**3, and it is evaluated from right to left.

Integer divisions need some special care. Integer to integer division will give an integer result and

inexact division cause a loss of precision since integers do not have decimals. For example:

PROGRAM TEST INTEGER :: A,B REAL :: C,D,RES1,RES2

PRINT*,"INPUT A" READ*, A

B = 3 C = 7 ; D = 3 RES1 = A/B

RES2 = C/D PRINT*, "RES1=", RES1,"RES2=", RES2 END PROGRAM TEST

The READ*, statement is a basic input command and the PRINT*, command is its counterpart for

output. The value of A is given during execution via the READ statement. PRINT statement displays the

values of variables in the monitor after execution. As seen from the rows 4 and 10, it can output texts

also. Note that the semicolon operator allows multiple statements per row. When this program is run,

the execution screen comes up as:

Figure 2. The Execution Screen

Integer division leads to different values. But any operation between a real and an integer

variable lead a real result. To avoid integer division, the decimal point can be put after integers, such as

A = 3./7 instead of A = 3/7

f) Logical and Relational Operators

These are used in conditional statements, such as the IF commands. The important logical

operators are:

.NOT. .AND. .OR.

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The relational operators are renewed in F90; textual operators such as .GT. (greater than) are

replaced with:

< less than

greater than

>= greater or equal to

== equal to

/= not equal to

g) Intrinsic Functions

There are lots of mathematical and non-mathematical functions in F90. The most important ones

may be listed as:

SIN(X) Sine function. Other trigonometric functions are available and similarly used. LOG(X) Natural logarithm function LOG10(X) Logarithm function with the base of ten (common logarithm) EXP(X) Exponential function ABS(X) Absolute value of the numerical argument X SQRT(X) Square root function

h) Comments and Continuation Lines

The exclamation mark ! can be used to input comments. Anything written after ! will be

considered as a comment in FORTRAN. These comments can also be used on the same row with

statements. The usage of ! can be seen in Figure 1.

If a statement is too long to fit in 128 characters, then the & mark is added to the end of the line, and

then the continuing part of the statement is written on the next line. For example

C = SQRT(A ** 2 + B ** 2 - & 2 * A * B * cos(alpha))

which is equal to:

C = SQRT(A ** 2 + B ** 2 - 2 * A * B * cos(alpha)) *From now on the chapters will be explained via examples.

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4) IF Statements

Frequently used with GO TO statement.

Example-4.1: Write a program to find the sum of even numbers between two integers

PROGRAM EVEN_SUM INTEGER :: ESUM,NUMLOW,NUMHIGH ! The lowest and highest numbers PRINT*,"INPUT THE LOWEST NUMBER" READ*, NUMLOW PRINT*,"INPUT THE HIGHEST NUMBER" READ*, NUMHIGH ! Check if NUMLOW is even

IF(MOD(NUMLOW,2)==1) NUMLOW=NUMLOW+1 ! IF loop to find the sum ESUM=0 10 ESUM=ESUM+NUMLOW NUMLOW=NUMLOW+2 IF(NUMLOW

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! The coefficients 10 READ*, A, B, C PRINT*,'INPUT COEFFICIENTS ARE:', A, B, C ! The discriminant: D D=B**2-4*A*C PRINT*, D ! IF-THEN-ELSE structure IF(A

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5) DO Loops

DO loops are useful when recycling a part of the code for different cases and variables. A basic example

is shown below.

Example -5.1: Rewrite Example 4.1 with using DO loops.

PROGRAM EVEN_SUM_II INTEGER :: ESUM,NUMLOW,NUMHIGH,LOWBOUN ! The lowest and highest numbers PRINT*,"INPUT THE LOWEST NUMBER" READ*, NUMLOW

PRINT*,"INPUT THE HIGHEST NUMBER" READ*, NUMHIGH ! Check if NUMLOW is even IF(MOD(NUMLOW, 2)==1) NUMLOW=NUMLOW+1 ! Do loop to find the sum ESUM=0

DO I= NUMLOW, NUMHIGH, 2 ESUM=ESUM+I ENDDO ! Output PRINT*, "SUM OF EVEN NUMBERS IS:", ESUM

END PROGRAM EVEN_SUM_II

I is the counter for the DO loop. It starts from the lowest number, then the below commands

are performed. The ENDDO statements works as the lines

NUMLOW=NUMLOW+2 IF(NUMLOW

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Example-5.2: Evaluate the power series of ex

For the x values -1.0, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1 by using the first 10 terms of the series for each value of x.

PROGRAM POWEREXP

DOUBLE PRECISION :: X,EXPX,TERM,FACT ! GENERATE THE X VALUES DO X= -1.0, 1.0, 0.5 ! Calculate the e^x using the first 10 terms EXPX=1+X DO ITERM=2, 9 ! The factorial of a term FACT=1 DO M=ITERM, 1, -1 FACT=FACT*M ENDDO ! Compute the term and add it to the sum TERM=X**ITERM/FACT EXPX=EXPX+TERM ENDDO ! Print out the result for an x value and cycle PRINT*,X,EXPX,EXP(X) ENDDO

END PROGRAM POWEREXP

The DO loops counter is X and it is incremented by 0.5, starting from -1.0 and ending at 1.0.

During lectures, some extensions to this chapter, such as endless DO loops, the EXIT command and CASE

constructs will be demonstrated.

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6) Arrays

An array means a set of variables with subscripts. For example a 1-D array stand for a vector and

a 2-D array represents a matrix. In engineering context a maximum of 4-D arrays are used. Fortran 95 is

limited to 7-D. Arrays are declared similar in a similar way to single variables.

REAL :: VECT(5)

INTEGER :: AMATRIX(3,4)

DOUBLE PRECISION :: BLOCK(0:8,-30:10)

The type of the elements of an array must be declared. The first array consists of 5 real elements. The

first element is designated as VECT(1) and the last one is VECT(5). The second one is a matrix with 3 rows

and 4 columns. The element on the 2nd row and 4th column is shown as AMATRIX(2,4). The third array is

an example of adjustable bounds. It is also a 2d matrix with 9 rows, starting from the 0th and ending at

the 8th. Similarly it has 41 columns. The element in the middle is designated as BLOCK(4,-10).

Example-6.1: Write a program to evaluate the polynomial expression

for given values of n, a1, a2, , an using various values of x which are read in . Let the program terminate

when a zero value of x is read in. The program can be limited to n 25. Use the Horners method, which

is based on the nesting:

( (( ) ) )

PROGRAM POLYNOMIAL_EVALUATION REAL :: A(25),POLY,X ! Input the order, the coefficients and X READ*, N, (A(J),J=1, N) 10 READ*, X IF (X==0) THEN PRINT*,"F(X)=",A(N),"WHEN X=0" STOP ENDIF ! Horner's Method POLY=A(1) DO I=2, N POLY=POLY*X+A(I) ENDDO

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PRINT*,"F(X)=",POLY,"WHEN X=",X GO TO 10 END PROGRAM POLYNOMIAL_EVALUATION

The READ statement on line 6 is written an implied DO structure. First N, then every element of the array A is read in one line.

Example-6.2: Write a program to take the transpose of any matrix.

PROGRAM TRANSPOSITION REAL, ALLOCATABLE, DIMENSION (:,:) :: M,MT ! Input the number of rows & columns READ*, I, J ! Allocate the matrix size ALLOCATE (M(I,J),MT(J,I)) ! Read the values and print the matrix READ*, ((M(K,L),L=1,J),K=1,I) DO K=1,I PRINT*,(M(K,L),L=1,J) ENDDO ! Transposition DO K=1,J DO L=1,I MT(K,L)=M(L,K) ENDDO ENDDO PRINT*,' ' ! Output DO L=1,J PRINT*,(MT(L,K),K=1,I) ENDDO END PROGRAM TRANSPOSITION

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In this example allocatable arrays are used. In Example-6.1, we assumed a maximum size of the

array. In this code, the size can be adjusted on each time we run the program. Simple DO loops and

implied DO loops (nested & implied on line 14) are used to create a neat input-output structure.

As seen in the examples of this chapter, using DO loops is very important in automatically

assigning values to array elements. There is also the DATA statement which allows this in a semi-manual

manner, but it will not be explained here.

7) Functions and Subroutines

Some programs may need a block of computations to be repeated. Writing the same of block of

computation more than once generally makes the program hard to read and trace. In such a case, the

computation can be written as a subprogram and can be placed outside of the main code. The main code

can call the subprogram and make it work for different sets of variables.

Another reason for using subprograms is to create a certain library of basic computations, which

are used repeatedly in the working field of the programmer. Once a library of subprograms is

established, the programmer can write any new relevant code faster.

There are two types of subprograms: functions and subroutines. Their examples are given below.

Example-7.1: Write a program which calculates the area of a triangle when the side lengths of a triangle

are given. Use a FUNCTION type subprogram.

PROGRAM AREA_TRIANGLE_SIDES PRINT*, 'INPUT THE SIDE LENGHTS' READ*, X, Y, Z ! Build a checking mechanism to stop the program if negative side lengths are given IF((X

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!-------- Subprogram for calculating the area of the triangle from side lengths REAL FUNCTION AREA(A, B, C) AREA=0 ! Check the existence of the triangle IF(A>=B+C) RETURN IF(B>=A+C) RETURN IF(C>=A+B) RETURN ! Find the area if the triangle exists S=0.5*(A+B+C) AREA=SQRT(S*(S-A)*(S-B)*(S-C))

END

Line 8 demonstrates the use of multiple logical operators. The RETURN command works like the

STOP command in a main program.

The subprograms structure is the same with the main program. It starts with the FUNCTION

command, then involves computations and terminates with END. It might have type declaration lines

after the FUNCTION statement, but in this case, all variables (A, B, C, AREA and S) are predefined as real.

Note that the dummy arguments of the function AREA, which are A, B and C, do not have to have the

same names used in program; X, Y and Z. Only their order is important, in this case, X corresponds to A, Y

and Z correspond similarly to B and C respectively. In a FUNCTION type subprogram the name of the

function must have a value assigned, since only its value is sent to the main program. The dummy

variables are terminated after the subprogram is executed. Remember that the dummy variables cannot

be chosen as array elements. Also note that the type of the function name is declared since it has a value

assigned.

Example-7.2: Write a program to calculate the average of a real array, having maximum 100 elements.

Use a SUBROUTINE type subprogram.

PROGRAM AVERAGE_ARRAY REAL :: A(100),MEAN WRITE(*,*) 'INPUT ARRAY SIZE, K:' 10 READ*, K ! Check the array size IF(K>=100) THEN WRITE(*,*) 'ARRAY SIZE IS LIMITED TO 100, RE-INPUT K:'

GO TO 10 ENDIF

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! Input the array elements READ*, (A(I), I=1,K) ! Call the subroutine to find the average CALL AVE(MEAN,K,A) WRITE(*,*) 'THE AVERAGE IS:',MEAN END !--------Subroutine for finding the average of a 1-D array of max. 100 elements SUBROUTINE AVE(MEAN,N,A) REAL ::A(100),MEAN

SUM=0 DO I=1,N SUM=SUM+A(I) ENDDO MEAN=SUM/N

END The SUBROUTINE type subprogram is quite different than the FUNCTION type. Its name does not

have value assigned, all of it variables are processed and their values are kept in the main program. It

needs the CALL statement in the main program to work. SUBROUTINEs are more capable then

FUNCTIONs, hence they are more frequently used.

Instead of PRINT command, WRITE command is used here. It does the same job in this program,

but normally it is more capable. It will be treated in detail in Chapter 8.

Example-7.3: Write a program to evaluate

numerically with trapezoidal integration

( )

[ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ( ) ) ( )]

where ( ) .

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PROGRAM TRAPEZOIDAL EXTERNAL FX1,FX2 ! Input n PRINT*,'INPUT THE NUMBER OF INTERVALS' READ*, N ! Approximate the integral APPROXINT=TRAPEZ(FX1,0.1,0.5,N)+TRAPEZ(FX2,0.0,0.4,N) PRINT*,'THE APPROXIMATE AREA IS:', APPROXINT END PROGRAM TRAPEZOIDAL !-------- Subprogram to calculate (sin(x))^2 FUNCTION FX1(X) FX1=(SIN(X))**2 END !-------- Subprogram to calculate (cos(x))^2 FUNCTION FX2(X) FX2=(COS(X))**2 END !-------- Subprogram to find the integral of a function with the trapezoidal rule FUNCTION TRAPEZ(FX,A,B,N) H=(B-A)/N SUM=0 J=N-1 DO I=1,J SUM=SUM+FX(A+I*H) ENDDO TRAPEZ=(FX(A)+FX(B)+SUM*2)*(H/2) END

This program demonstrates the linking of subprograms with the EXTERNAL statement. Since

FUNCTION TRAPEZ uses FX1 and FX2, two subprograms, as dummy variables, the main program must be

acknowledged.

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Subprograms are an important part of programming. In FORTRAN there are many other

commands and principles related to subprograms such as EQUIVALENCE, COMMON, BLOCK DATA,

INTERNAL, INTRINSIC, ENTRY, INTENT, RECURSIVE and many more.

8) Files and Formatted Output

For a neat and processable output, files and formatted output must be used. Since both file management

and formats are broad topics, only the basic use of them will be demonstrated through an example.

Example-8.1: Write a program to calculate the factorial n! using both the standard method and Stirlings

approximation:

( )

Tabulate the results.

PROGRAM FACTORIAL INTEGER :: STANDARD ! Open the output file and input the factorial limit OPEN(5,FILE="Factorial Sheet.txt",STATUS="REPLACE") WRITE(5,10) "Numbers", "Standard Results", "Stirling's Results", "Relative Percent Error" READ*, N ! Use the functions and create the output file DO I=1, N STANDARD=IFACT(I) STIRLING=FACTST(I) ERR=ABS(STIRLING-STANDARD)/STANDARD*100 WRITE(5,20) I,STANDARD,STIRLING,ERR ENDDO ! Output formats 10 FORMAT(A10, 3(A24)) 20 FORMAT(I10, I24, 2(F24.5)) END PROGRAM FACTORIAL !-------- Subprogram to calculate a factorial INTEGER FUNCTION IFACT(N) IPROD=1 IFACT=1

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IF(N

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after F. The first one is the space indicator and the second one the number of decimals displayed. For

example with F5.3 will display 3.14159 as 3.141 since the decimal point also takes up a space.,

Writing the output on a file is important, since it allows processing of the data. The data on files

can be read by a graphing program, such as Tecplot, ParaView or even EXCEL, to create diagrams and

plots. For example, after running Example 8.1, a plot of the relative percent error can be drawn to

visualize its continuously decreasing trend.

9) Epilogue

For FORTRAN programming, many books and e-books are available. Many of them include

exercises of applying numerical methods. Although programming and numerical methods has diverse

context, the basic tools given in this tutorial is sufficient for solving many engineering problems

numerically.

References:

[1] van Mourik T., Fortran 90/95 Programming Manual, University College London, 2002.

E-Book is available and free.

[2] Page C., Fortran 90 for Fortran 77 Programmers, 2002

E-Book is available and free.

[3] Tokdemir F., Programming with FORTRAN77, ODT-Ankara, 1990.

[4] REAs Problem Solvers: Numerical Analysis, (Dir. by M. Fogiel), Revised Edition, Research &

Education Association, 1993.