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...@earthlink.net wrote: This may be a dumb question but what is "best practice" when coding whole numbers in real (kind specified) formulas. I am looking for accuracy, consistancy and prortability reagardless of what value... = 1.0 real(dp), parameter :: onei = 1 For real constants that are exact integers and are small enough to fit in ...

... but I think it is perhaps overly conservative to specify a parameter for a whole number rather than use coding like label 300 The fact that you're confused about.... if you're always going to stick to whole numbers like 1. But if you get into the habit, you could end up ...x/(y - 0.15) where now the literal constants are not represented to the same precision as ...

...> This may be a dumb question but what is "best practice" when coding whole numbers in real (kind specified) formulas. I am looking for accuracy, consistancy and ...> real(dp), parameter :: onei = 1 For real constants that are exact integers and are small enough ... getting in the habit of using just plain constants is with dummy arguments. Here, you need ...

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...is not a property of a whole equation. That's actually important and...label 100 is using a true constant such that the numerical value out...There is no concept of a constant that is of a given kind... with the syntax used for constants. And such things are never "... that you specifically asked about whole numbers. It really does make a...'t generalize this to non-whole numbers, though. I'm thinking ...

... problems I have run into are generally with error functions and comparison of like values between subroutines/functions, but I think it is perhaps overly conservative to specify a parameter for a whole number rather than use coding like label 300

...> I still would like to understand what the best practice is. writing global constants for whole numbers like 1 seems redundant. It pretty much is. You will have no precision loss from expressing whole numbers of "reasonable" magnitude in any actual compiler. It... and kind of the parameter. In the case of whole numbers, this conversion will be exact. Note that it...

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