ALLOCATE

 Dynamically creates storage for allocatable arrays and pointer
 targets.  The storage space allocated is uninitialized.

 The ALLOCATE statement takes the following form:

   ALLOCATE (object [(s-spec[,s-spec...])] 
             [,object[(s-spec[,s-spec...])]]...[,STAT=sv])

     object  Is the object to be allocated.  It is a variable 
             name or structure component, and must be a pointer 
             or allocatable array.  The object can be of type 
             character with zero length.

     s-spec  Is a shape specification in the form 
             [lower-bound:]upper-bound. Each bound must be a 
             scalar integer expression. The number of shape 
             specifications must be the same as the rank of 
             the "object".

     sv      Is a scalar integer variable in which the status 
             of the allocation is stored.

 A bound in "s-spec" must not be an expression containing an array
 inquiry function whose argument is any allocatable object in the
 same ALLOCATE statement; for example, the following is not
 permitted:

    INTEGER ERR
    INTEGER, ALLOCATABLE :: A(:), B(:)
    ...
    ALLOCATE(A(10:25), B(SIZE(A)), STAT=ERR)  ! A is invalid as an argu-
                                              !   ment to function SIZE

 If a STAT variable is specified, it must not be allocated in the
 ALLOCATE statement in which it appears.  If the allocation is
 successful, the variable is set to zero.  If the allocation is not
 successful, an error condition occurs, and the variable is set to a
 positive integer value (representing the run-time error).  If no
 STAT variable is specified and an error condition occurs, program
 execution terminates.

 To release the storage for an allocated array, use the DEALLOCATE
 statement.

 To determine whether an allocatable array is currently allocated,
 use the ALLOCATED intrinsic function.

 To determine whether a pointer is currently associated with a
 target, use the ASSOCIATED intrinsic function.

 For information on allocation of allocatable arrays and pointer
 targets, see the HP Fortran for OpenVMS Language Reference
 Manual.

 EXAMPLES:

 The following is an example of the ALLOCATE statement:

    INTEGER J, N, ALLOC_ERR
    REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: A(:), B(:,:)
    ...
    ALLOCATE(A(0:80), B(-3:J+1, N), STAT = ALLOC_ERR)