Constant Declarations
To declare constants to EQUEL/Fortran, use the Fortran parameter statement with the following syntax:
UNIX:
parameter (const_name = value {
, const_name = value}
) 
VMS:
parameter const_name = value {
, const_name = value}
Windows:
parameter const_name = value {, const_name = value}
or
parameter( const_name
= value {
, const_name
= value}
) 
Syntax Notes:
• The data type of const_name derives its data type from the data type of value. Do not put explicit data type declarations in parameter statements. In addition, as with variable declarations, the preprocessor does not assign a data type based on the first letter of const_name.
• The value can be a real, integer or character literal. It cannot be an expression or a symbolic name.
The following example declarations illustrate the parameter statement:
UNIX:
C real constant
parameter (pi = 3.14159 )
C integer and real
parameter (bigint = 2147483648, bgreal = 999999.99)
VMS:
## parameter pi = 3.14159 ! real constant
## parameter bigint = 2147483648, bgreal = 999999.99
! integer and real
Windows:
## parameter pi = 3.14159 ! real constant
## parameter(bigint = 2147483648, bgreal = 999999.99)
! integer and real
