Sorting in Co-array Fortran

Our example demonstrates sorting in Co-array Fortran. We’ll look at sorting for built-in types.

program sorting
    use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env
    implicit none

    character(len=1), dimension(3) :: strs = ['c', 'a', 'b']
    integer, dimension(3) :: ints = [7, 2, 4]
    logical :: is_sorted

    ! Sort strings
    call sort(strs)
    print *, "Strings: ", strs

    ! Sort integers
    call sort(ints)
    print *, "Ints:    ", ints

    ! Check if sorted
    is_sorted = all(ints(1:size(ints)-1) <= ints(2:size(ints)))
    print *, "Sorted:  ", is_sorted

contains

    subroutine sort(arr)
        class(*), dimension(:), intent(inout) :: arr
        integer :: i, j
        class(*), allocatable :: temp

        do i = 1, size(arr) - 1
            do j = i + 1, size(arr)
                select type (arr)
                    type is (character(*))
                        if (arr(i) > arr(j)) then
                            temp = arr(i)
                            arr(i) = arr(j)
                            arr(j) = temp
                        end if
                    type is (integer)
                        if (arr(i) > arr(j)) then
                            temp = arr(i)
                            arr(i) = arr(j)
                            arr(j) = temp
                        end if
                end select
            end do
        end do
    end subroutine sort

end program sorting

In this Co-array Fortran example, we’ve implemented a simple bubble sort algorithm to sort arrays of different types. The sort subroutine is generic and can handle both character and integer arrays.

We first sort a character array and then an integer array. After sorting, we print the results. Finally, we check if the integer array is sorted using a simple array comparison.

To compile and run this program:

$ gfortran -coarray=single sorting.f90 -o sorting
$ ./sorting
Strings: a b c
Ints:    2 4 7
Sorted:  T

Note that Co-array Fortran doesn’t have a built-in generic sorting function like Go’s slices.Sort(). Instead, we’ve implemented a basic sorting algorithm that works for both strings and integers. For more complex sorting needs, you might want to use external libraries or implement more efficient sorting algorithms.

Also, Co-array Fortran doesn’t have a direct equivalent to Go’s slices.IsSorted(). We’ve implemented a simple check for the integer array using array operations, but this approach may not be as efficient for large arrays.