I have recently learned how to work with basic files in Fortran and I assumed it was as simple as:
open(unit=10,file="data.dat")
read(10,*) some_variable, somevar2
close(10)
So I can't understand why this function I wrote is not working. It compiles fine but when I run it it prints:
fortran runtime error:end of file
Code:
Function Load_Names()
character(len=30) :: Staff_Name(65)
integer :: i = 1
open(unit=10, file="Staff_Names.txt")
do while(i < 65)
read(10,*) Staff_Name(i)
print*, Staff_Name(i)
i = i + 1
end do
close(10)
end Function Load_Names
I am using Fortran 2008 with gfortran.
A common reason for the error you report is that the program doesn't find the file it is trying to open. Sometimes your assumptions about the directory in which the program looks for files at run-time will be wrong.
Try:
err=
option in the open
statement to write code to deal gracefully with a missing file; without this the program crashes, as you have observed;or
inquire
statement to figure out whether the file exists where your program is looking for it.