NEW_LINE(A) (Fortran 2003)

Purpose

The NEW_LINE intrinsic returns a new line character.

Class

Inquiry function

Argument type and attributes

A
must be a scalar or an array of type character.

Result type and attributes

Character scalar of length one.

Result value

The result is the same as ACHAR(10).

Examples

The following example uses the NEW_LINE intrinsic in list-directed output: 
character(1) c
print *, 'The first sentence.', NEW_LINE(c), 'The second sentence.'
Expected Output: 
The first sentence.
The second sentence.
The following example passes a character literal constant to the NEW_LINE intrinsic: 
character(100)  line
line = 'IBM' // NEW_LINE('Fortran') // 'XL Fortran Compiler'
Expected Output: 
IBM
XL Fortran Compiler
Parent topic: Detailed descriptions of intrinsic procedures