Specifies that an object can become the target of a pointer. The TARGET attribute can be specified in a type declaration statement or TARGET statement, and takes one of the following forms: Type Declaration Statement: type, [att-ls,] TARGET [,att-ls] :: obj [spec] [,obj [spec]]... Statement: TARGET [::] obj [spec] [,obj [spec]]... type Is a data type specifier. att-ls Is an optional list of attribute specifiers. obj Is the name of an object. The object must not be declared with the PARAMETER attribute. spec Is an array specification. A pointer is associated with a target by pointer assignment or by an ALLOCATE statement. If an object does not have the TARGET attribute or has not been allocated (using an ALLOCATE statement), no part of it can be accessed by a pointer. The TARGET attribute is compatible with the ALLOCATABLE, AUTOMATIC, DIMENSION, INTENT, OPTIONAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SAVE, STATIC, and VOLATILE attributes. EXAMPLES: The following example shows type declaration statements specifying the TARGET attribute: TYPE(SYSTEM), TARGET :: FIRST REAL, DIMENSION(20, 20), TARGET :: C, D The following is an example of a TARGET statement: TARGET :: C(50, 50), D