Fixed-length character data

Sample Fortran usage C function (by Reference)

Sample Fortran usage	C function (by Reference)
`CHARACTER10 X, Y X = '1234567890' CALL CENTRY(X, Y) PRINT , 1 'VALUE RETURNED TO FORTRAN: ', Y END`	`#pragma linkage (centry,FORTRAN) #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void centry(char x[10], char y[10]) { printf ("C char array arg: %10.10s\n",x); memcpy(y, x, 10); }`

CHARACTER*10 X, Y
X = '1234567890'
CALL CENTRY(X, Y)
PRINT *,
1  'VALUE RETURNED TO FORTRAN: ', Y
END

#pragma linkage (centry,FORTRAN)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
void centry(char x[10], char y[10])
{
  printf
  ("C char array arg: %10.10s\n",x);
  memcpy(y, x, 10);
}