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NAME

       ratfor - ratfor preprocessor for Fortran 77

SYNOPSIS

       ratfor [-l n] [-C] [-o outputfile] filename

PARAMETERS

       -l n    Set starting label number.

       -o output
               Specify output file; default is stdout.

       -C      Keep comments in (useful for compiler directives).

       -?      Show summary of options.

DESCRIPTION

       Ratfor has the following syntax:

       prog:   stat
               prog stat

       stat:   if (...) stat
               if (...) stat else stat
               while (...) stat
               repeat stat
               repeat stat until (...)
               for (...;...;...) stat
               do ... stat
               switch (intexpr) { case val[,val]: stmt ... default: stmt }
               break n
               next n
               return (...)
               digits stat
               { prog }  or  [ prog ]  or  $( prog $)
               anything unrecognizable

       where  stat  is  any  Fortran  or  Ratfor  statement, and intexpr is an
       expression that  resolves  into  an  integer  value.   A  statement  is
       terminated   by   an   end-of-line   or  a  semicolon.   The  following
       translations are also performed.

               <       .lt.    <=      .le.
               ==      .eq.
               !=      .ne.    ^=      .ne.    ~=      .ne.
               >=      .ge.    >       .gt.
               |       .or.    &       .and.
               !       .not.   ^       .not.   ~       .not.

       Integer constants in bases other  that  decimal  may  be  specified  as
       n%dddd...   where n is a decimal number indicating the base and dddd...
       are digits in that base.  For bases > 10, letters are used  for  digits
       above  9.  Examples:  8%77, 16%2ff, 2%0010011.  The number is converted
       the equivalent decimal value using multiplication; this may cause  sign
       problems if the number has too many digits.

       String   literals  ("..."  or  ’...’)  can  be  continued  across  line
       boundaries by ending the line to be continued with an  underline.   The
       underline  is  not included as part of the literal.  Leading blanks and
       tabs  on  the  next  line  are  ignored;  this  facilitates  consistent
       indentation.

               include file

       will include the named file in the input.

               define (name,value)     or
               define name value

       defines  name  as a symbolic parameter with the indicated value.  Names
       of symbolic  parameters  may  contain  letters,  digits,  periods,  and
       underline character but must begin with a letter (e.g.  B.FLAG).  Upper
       case is not equivalent to lower case in parameter names.

               string name "character string"          or
               string name(size) "character string"

       defines name to be an integer array  long  enough  to  accommodate  the
       ASCII  codes  for  the  given character string, one per word.  The last
       word of  name  is  initialized  to  the  symbolic  parameter  EOS,  and
       indicates the end of string.

KEYWORDS

       ratfor fortran preprocessor fortran77 ratfor77

                                   Jun 1996