DIMENSION

 Specifies that an object is an array, and defines the shape of the
 array.

 The DIMENSION attribute can be specified in a type declaration
 statement or a DIMENSION statement, and takes one of the following
 forms:

 Type Declaration Statement:

  type, [att-ls,] DIMENSION (spec) [,att-ls] :: a[(spec)] [,a[(spec)]]...

 Statement:

  DIMENSION [::] a(spec) [,a(spec)]...


    type        Is a data type specifier.

    att-ls      Is an optional list of attribute specifiers.

    spec        Is an array specification.  In a type declaration,
                any array specification following an array overrides 
                any array specification following DIMENSION.

    a           Is the symbolic name of the array.  If the array 
                is not defined in a type declaration statement, the 
                array takes an implicit data type.

 An array can also be declared in the following statements:
 ALLOCATABLE, POINTER, TARGET, and COMMON.

 The DIMENSION attribute is compatible with the ALLOCATABLE,
 AUTOMATIC, INTENT, OPTIONAL, POINTER, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SAVE,
 STATIC, TARGET, and VOLATILE attributes.

 See also DATA ARRAYS in this Help file.