PRB: F2836: "statement out of order" with PARAMETER (49976)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS 4.0
Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS 4.01
Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS 4.1
Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS 5.0
Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS 5.1
Microsoft FORTRAN compiler for OS/2 4.1
Microsoft FORTRAN compiler for OS/2 5.0
Microsoft FORTRAN compiler for OS/2 5.1
Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0
Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS 1.0a
Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 32 for Windows NT 1.0
Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 32 for Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q49976

SYMPTOMS

Compiling an application that contains the PARAMETER statement, but not the required parenthese causes the compiler to generate the following message:

F2836: statement out of order

In addition, "error F4999: variable declared but not used" may be generated.

Or for Fortran PowerStation 32, version 4.0:

warning FOR4265: symbol referenced but not set

RESOLUTION

To address this problem, modify the source code to place the parentheses on each PARAMETER statement.

MORE INFORMATION

When the compiler processes the following code example, it generates an F2836 error even though statement order is correct. This error is caused by parentheses missing from the PARAMETER statement and can be eliminated by adding the parentheses.

Sample Code

C Compile options needed: None

      INTEGER*2 N
      PARAMETER N = 1
      INTEGER*2 M
      END

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/1/2003
Keywords:	kberrmsg kbLangFortran KB49976