To: J3 08-xxx From: Toon Moene Subject: The new COMPLEX intrinsic. Date: 2008 August 12 Rationale: There is a need expressed for an intrinsic function that constructs a complex number from two real numbers with the equal kind type parameters yielding a result value having the same kind type parameter. Edits: [317 after COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT] "COMPLEX (X, Y) E Conversion to complex type with the same kind type parameter as X and Y." [337p6+] "13.7.yy <> <> Conversion to complex type. <> Elemental function. <> X and Y are of type real with the same kind type parameters. <> The result is of type complex with the same kind type parameter as X and Y. <> The result value is the complex number with real part X and imaginary part Y. <> COMPLEX(A, B) is (3.0, 4.5) if A is 3.0 and B is 4.5."