NULL(3f)

DESCRIPTION
Returns a disassociated pointer.

If MOLD is present, a disassociated pointer of the same type is returned, otherwise the type is determined by context.

In Fortran 95, MOLD is optional. Please note that Fortran 2003 includes cases where it is required.

STANDARD
Fortran 95 and later

CLASS
Transformational function

SYNTAX
PTR => NULL([MOLD])

ARGUMENTS

MOLD (Optional) shall be a pointer of any association status and of any type.

RETURN VALUE
A disassociated pointer.

EXAMPLE
          REAL, POINTER, DIMENSION(:) :: VEC => NULL ()

SEE ALSO
ASSOCIATED

AUTHOR

This information was taken from the GFortran documentation (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.3.0/gfortran/) and converted to a manpage by AstroFloyd (http://astrofloyd.org).