IARGC

Portability Function: Returns the index of the last command-line argument.

Module: USE DFPORT

Syntax

result = IARGC( )

Results:

The result is of type INTEGER(4). The result is the index of the last command-line argument. For example, IARGC returns 3 for the command-line invocation of PROG1 -g -c -a.

IARGC returns a value that is 1 less than that returned by NARGS. The command is not included in the index count returned by IARGC.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also: NARGS

Example

use dfport
integer(4) no_of_arguments
no_of_arguments = IARGC ( )
print *, 'total command line arguments are ', no_of_arguments