Character in Real ?

[Lyk]

Hello,

 

I'm new in GNU Fortran.

 

I try to perform the following code (in Fortran 77) :

       PROGRAM TEST

C

       REAL*8 VAL

C

       VAL = 'Hello !!'

       WRITE (6,1000) VAL

 1000  FORMAT(' My message : ', A8)

C

       STOP

       END

With old compilers such Digital Visual Fortran, this program works perfectly.

 

But with gfortran, I can't compile. The error is :

Error: Can't convert CHARACTER(1) to REAL(8)

 

Is there a compiler option to solve it and to allow automatic conversion from CHARACTER to REAL ?

 

Thanks,

 

Lyk

 

[Beliavsky]

I don't know of a compiler option to do what you request, and I wonder what real number you think 'Hello !!' should correspond to.