How does the Fortran90 function floor not have a main type?

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The discussion revolves around an error encountered in Fortran 90 related to the intrinsic function floor, specifically regarding its recognition and the types of variables involved in the expression. Participants explore potential causes and solutions for the error message indicating that floor does not have a type.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports an error indicating that floor does not have a type, suggesting that the issue may be related to the variable PLANET_DAY_RATIO not being recognized as having a type.
  • Another participant proposes defining PLANET_DAY_RATIO as a parameter as a potential workaround.
  • A suggestion is made to test other functions like int() and nint() to see if they work, indicating uncertainty about the recognition of floor().
  • A participant shares their experience of encountering issues when mixing integers and reals in expressions, recommending the use of a temporary real variable to avoid such problems.
  • There is a follow-up acknowledgment of the suggestion to use a temporary variable, with the participant indicating they will try it later.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express uncertainty about the recognition of the floor function and the handling of variable types, with no consensus reached on the underlying cause of the error or the best solution.

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Limitations include the potential for missing assumptions regarding variable types and the specific context of the Fortran code being discussed. The discussion does not resolve the mathematical or technical steps involved in the error.

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/home/disk/p/atms380/xx/October-Runs/timeManMod/SourceMods/time_manager.F90(664):
error #6404: This name does not have a type, and must have an explicit
type. [FLOOR]
tmd = day_earth/PLANET_DAY_RATIO - floor(day_earth/PLANET_DAY_RATIO)

I'm running Fortran 90 with the ifort compiler. As far as I can tell, floor is a function introduced in Fortran 90

Using Fortran compiler: ifort -O -I/home/disk/eos11/bitz/cam3.1/cam1/models/utils/esmf -I/home/disk/eos11/bitz/cam3.1/cam1/models/utils/esmf/src/include -I/home/disk/eos11/bitz/cam3.1/cam1/models/utils/esmf/build/linux_intel -I/home/disk/eos11/bitz/cam3.1/cam1/models/utils/esmf/include -I/home/disk/eos11/bitz/cam3.1/cam1/models/utils/esmf/src/Infrastructure/mpiuni
Fortran Compiler version:
Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Professional for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 11.1 Build 20091130 Package ID: l_cprof_p_11.1.064
 
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The compiler seems to be complaining that the PLANET_DAY_RATIO thing in the call to the floor intrinsic doesn't have a type. A workaround might be to define it as a parameter.
 
That's strange, it should recognize "floor()"

Can you test if int() and nint() work?
 
I see - thanks very much for the reply!

Here is the subroutine. I defined PLANET_DAY_RATIO within the subroutine. Am I doing it wrong?

Code:
subroutine get_curr_date(yr, mon, day, tod, offset)

! Return date components valid at end of current timestep with an optional
! offset (positive or negative) in seconds.

   implicit none
   
! Arguments
   integer, intent(out) ::&
      yr,    &! year
      mon,   &! month
      day,   &! day of month
      tod     ! time of day (seconds past 0Z)

   integer, optional, intent(in) :: offset  ! Offset from current time in seconds.
                                            ! Positive for future times, negative 
                                            ! for previous times.

! Local variables
   character(len=*), parameter :: sub = 'get_curr_date'
   integer :: rc
   type(esmf_date) :: date
   type(esmf_time) :: off
   integer :: ymd
   integer :: leap_days
   integer :: yZero
   integer :: day_earth
   float :: PLANET_DAY_RATIO

(stuff)

   yr = ymd/10000
   mon = mod(ymd, 10000) / 100
   day = mod(ymd, 100)
	PLANET_DAY_RATIO = 0.5 !0.5 is for spinning twice as fast, or 43200 seconds
	yZero = start_ymd/10000
	leap_days = (yr -yZero)/4
   day_earth = day_earth + 365*(yr -yZero) + leap_days
	tmd = day_earth/PLANET_DAY_RATIO - floor(day_earth / PLANET_DAY_RATIO)
   
end subroutine get_curr_date
 
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uart said:
That's strange, it should recognize "floor()"

Can you test if int() and nint() work?

mod() definitely works, so I'm pretty sure that floor() should work too
 
Hi simfish. I'm not real big on Fortran but when I have used it I've generally had problems whenever I've tried to mix integers and reals in the same expression. Honestly I've given up on trying to figure out the whys and where-fores and now I simply assign all integers to a temporary real before using them in a mixed expression.

Something like

Code:
integer :: day_earth
real :: day_earth_tmp, PLANET_DAY_RATIO

...
day_earth_tmp = day_earth
tmd = day_earth_tmp/PLANET_DAY_RATIO - floor(day_earth_tmp / PLANET_DAY_RATIO)
 
Ah okay - thanks for the suggestion! I'll try to see if that works tomorrow.
 

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