TRANSFER

 TRANSFER (source, mold [,size])

 Class:  Transformational function - Generic

 Copies the bit pattern of "source" and interprets it according to
 the type and kind type parameters of "mold".

 The "source" and "mold" can be of any type; they can be scalar or
 array valued.  The "mold" provides the type characteristics (not a
 value) for the result.  The "size" must be scalar of type integer;
 it provides the number of elements for the output result.

 If "mold" is a scalar and "size" is absent, the result is a scalar.

 If "mold" is an array and "size" is absent, the result is a
 rank-one array.  Its size is the smallest that is possible to hold
 all of "source".

 If "size" is present, the result is a rank-one array of size
 "size".

 If the physical representation of the result is larger than
 "source", the result contains "source"'s bit pattern in its
 right-most bits; the left-most bits of the result are undefined.

 If the physical representation of the result is smaller than
 "source", the result contains the right-most bits of "source"'s bit
 pattern.

 Examples:

 TRANSFER (1082130432, 0.0) has the value 4.0 (on processors that
 represent the values 4.0 and 1082130432 as the string of binary
 digits 0100 0000 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000).

 TRANSFER ((/2.2, 3.3, 4.4/), ((0.0, 0.0))) results in a scalar
 whose value is (2.2, 3.3).

 TRANSFER ((/2.2, 3.3, 4.4/), (/(0.0, 0.0)/)) results in a complex
 rank-one array of length 2.  Its first element is (2.2,3.3) and its
 second element has a real part with the value 4.4 and an undefined
 imaginary part.

 TRANSFER ((/2.2, 3.3, 4.4/), (/(0.0, 0.0)/), 1) results in a
 complex rank-one array having one element with the value (2.2,
 3.3).