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`pkCleanData`

Name

pkCleanData -- Deallocates arrays, destroying all the information on chemical data

Description

The subroutine pkCleanData destroys all private arrays of PLASMAKIN. These arrays are used to hold the chemical data and are created when the data file is read.

Syntax

pkCleanData( [STAT] )

Name	Description	Data type and attributes
`STAT`	Execution status indicator	INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT)

Results

STAT = 0: no errors; STAT = n: error number.

Comments

Why is this subroutine needed?

Although most modern compilers are able to manage the memory efficiently and avoid memory leaks, it's a good programming practice to clean all arrays before leaving a routine or program.
If you wish to build a program that uses more than one input data file (i.e. for batch processing) you must call this routine to clean the internal arrays before reading the next data file.

Examples

Example E-2. pkCleanData: Deallocating PLASMAKIN data.

  INTEGER               :: ErrorStatus
  CHARACTER, PARAMETER  :: StopCode = 'pkError: Memory deallocation error'
  ...
  CALL pkCleanData( ErrorStatus )
  IF( ErrorStatus /= 0 ) STOP StopCode

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