! Check initialization of character variables via the DATA statement CHARACTER*4 a CHARACTER*6 b CHARACTER*2 c CHARACTER*4 d(2) CHARACTER*4 e DATA a(1:2) /'aa'/ DATA a(3:4) /'b'/ DATA b(2:6), c /'AAA', '12345'/ DATA d /2*'1234'/ DATA e(4:4), e(1:3) /'45', '123A'/ IF (a.NE.'aab ') CALL abort() IF (b.NE.' AAA ') CALL abort() IF (c.NE.'12') CALL abort() IF (d(1).NE.d(2) .OR. d(1).NE.'1234') CALL abort() IF (e.NE.'1234') CALL abort() END