TANA70 Fortran, 1,5 ECTS-points
/Fortran/

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
The aim of the course is to give basic knowledge about the programming language Fortran, the primary language of science and technology. The course also intends to give practical familarity with using the Fortran language on computers.

Prerequisites:
Programming experience in some high level programming langugae. Basic course in Numerical Methods.

Supplementary courses:
TANA 77 Programming of Parallel Computers, scientific computations.

Course organization:
The Fortran language is presented at the lectures. The purpose of the computer exercises is to make the student familiar with actually using Fortran on a computer.

Course content:
Fortran 90 and Fortran 95. Fixed mode and free mode. The basic elements of the language. Data and program structures. Input and output. Character manipulation. Subroutines and functions. Files. Modules. History of Fortran. Fortran 2000.

Course literature:
Einarsson, B., Chubarov, L., Shokin, Y.: Fortran 95 Tutorial. Linköping, 1998.

LAB1Computer exercises. Only the grades passed and not passed are awarded., 1 p.
Course language is swedish.