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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
6. Arrays 1: Some Fundamentals
Authors : Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme
Published in: Introduction to Programming with Fortran
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The aims of the chapter are to introduce the fundamental concepts of arrays and do loops, in particular:
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To introduce the idea of tables of data and some of the formal terms used to describe them:
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Array.
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Vector.
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List and linear list.
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To discuss the array as a random access structure where any element can be accessed as readily as any other and to note that the data in an array are all of the same type.
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To introduce the twin concepts of data structure and corresponding control structure.
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To introduce the statements necessary in Fortran to support and manipulate these data structures.