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Local Objects

In the following procedure

    SUBROUTINE Madras(i,j)
     INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: i, j
     REAL                :: a
     REAL, DIMENSION(i,j):: x

a, and x are know as local objects. They:

x will probably have a different size and shape on each call.

The space usually comes from the programs stack.

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